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EARLY MALT BY 

WITH SOME ROADES HISTORY 

AND THAT OF THE 

MAULSBY FAMILY 

IN AMERICA 

DESCENDANTS OF 
WILLIAM AND MARY MALTBY 

EMIGRANTS FROM 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND 

TO 

PENNSYLVANIA 



BY 

EI.LA K. BARNARD 

BALTIMORE 

1909 









PRESS OF 

31}p CEnrttmau ^^rittttttg (Ha. 

CARLISLE, PA. 



Copyright, 1909, by Ella Kent Barnard. 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Preface ------- i 

Sources of Information - - - - Hi 

Letters from Wm. P. Maulsby and others. 

Chapter I. Early Maltby History 13 

Spelling of name. Domesday record. Pedigrees. 
Arms. Inquisitions. Freemen. Wills. Parish rec- 
ords. Other Branches of Maltby family 

Chapter 11. William and Mary Maltby - - - - 33 

Authentic history. Our English Home. The Emi- 
grant. Eastwood. Records. Spring Mill. The Bub- 
bling Springs. Plymouth Meeting and School. The 
Village. The Williams School. The Hannah Wil- 
liams School. Deeds. In the Revolution. General 
History. As Emigrants. The ways by which they 
went. The Revolution. Family Traits. As Aboli- 
tionists. 

Chapter III. Genealogy of the Maltby or Maulsby family 

in America 66 

Chapter IV. John and Mary Maultsby - - - 68 

The Schuylkill Ferry. The Will of Aquila Rose. Fam- 
ily of John Maultsby. 

Chapter V. William and Rose Malsby - - - - 79 

Limerick Home. The Newberry Settlement. Estab- 
lishment of Newberry Meeting. Friends' Records, 
The Newberry Meeting House. Warrington Meeting. 
Westward Migration. Coming of Nantucket Friends. 
Final move of John and Lydia Maulsby. Settlement 
in Wayne Co., Indiana. Maulsby Settlement in Iowa. 
The Johns Estate. Descendants of John and Lydia 
Maulsby. Williams History. Barnard Ancestry. David 
and Margaret Maulsby. The Hussey Family. Wil- 
liam Maulsby 3d and Ann his wife. Biography of 
Captain Thomas A. Maulsby. 

Chapter V {cont. ) . Merchant and Elizabeth Maulsby - 136 

Will, Inventory, Children of Merchant and Elizabeth, 
and descendants. Deeds. The Rising Sun Inn. Studio of 
Thomas Hovenden. Marriage certificate of Sarah 
Maulsby. Farming in Harford Co., Md. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Chapter VI. David and Mary Laugharne Malsby - - 159 

Purchase of Moreland Manor farm. Marriage of 
David and Mary Malsby. Seal and Crest. Elizabeth 
Drinker's Journal. Old Work Table or Desk. Deeds 
and Mortgages. Mary Laugharne. Story of Martin 
F. Conway. Story of Frances Ann Conway. Story 
of Jefferson Conway. Churchman the Agent. Letter 
of George Washington. Letter of Henry Sitler. Let- 
ters from Columbus Smith. Letter of Mary Shoe- 
maker. Tomb in Boulston Churchyard. Descendants. 

Chapter VII. Children of David and Mary Laugharne 

Malsby 193 

Mary Maulsby Hicks. Minutes of Gunpowder Month- 
ly Meeting. Mary Hicks Gray's Will. First Rec- 
ords of Baltimore town and Jones Town. Hicks Fam- 
ily. David Maulsby, Jr. Friends' Records. Will. 
John Laugharne Maulsby. Memorial. Friends' Rec- 
ords. Meeting for Sufferings. Tamar and James 
Parr. Friends' Records. Early Parr Records. Eliz- 
abeth Drinker's Journal. Wheeler Malsby. Will. 
Frances and Samuel McConnell. Marriage Certificate. 
Angelina and James Orr. Friends' Records. 

Chapter VIII. Grandchildren of David and Mary Laugh- 
arne Maulsby --.-._ 234 
Children of James and Mary Hicks. Certificate 
of Israel J. Graham. Will of Ann Wilson. Friends' 
Records. Removal to Warrington of Samuel and 
Jane Cook. Jesse W. Cook, M. D., and family. Ma- 
ria Jane Kent and family. Biography of Samuel C. 
Kent. Mary Ann Griest and family. Battle of 
Gettysburg. George Cook and family. Lafayette 
entertained by ' 'Aunt Bashaby ". Biography of James 
H. Johnson. Family of Tamar Sitler. Elizabeth and 
Francis Humphreys. Family of Henry W. and Ann 
Cook. 

Chapter IX. Grandchildren of David and Mary Laugh- 
arne Maulsby - - . - - - 269 
Children of David and Sarah Maulsby. Morris 
Maulsby and family. David Lee Maulsby. O'Laugh- 
len family. Biography of Frances Ann Maulsby. Bi- 
ography of Brian Jefferson Conway. Biography of 
Martin F. Conway. Annals of Kansas. William 
Oscar Conway. Margery Ann Martenet. Mary 
Frances Grahame. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Chapter X. Grandchildren of David and Mary Laugh- 

arne Maulsby 282 

Children of John and Mary Starr Maulsby. Deer 
Creek Friends' Records. David Malsby. Certificate 
of Removal to Indiana. Incident related by Abel 
Mills. Descendants. 

Chapter XI. Grandchildren of David and Mary Laugh- 

arne Maulsby 286 

Childern of Tamar and James Parr. Parrs as 
Potters. Biography of Israel M. Parr. The Balti- 
more Riot. 

Chapter XII. Grandchildren of David and Mary Laugh- 

arne Malsby 295 

Children of Frances and Samuel McConnell. 
Whitaker's Invitation. Marriage Certificate of Mary 
and Isaac Whitaker. Descendants: James McCon- 
nell. Biography of Hester McConnell. Bible Rec- 
ords. History of Little Falls Meeting. Story of Rev- 
olutionary Days. Signatures to Marriage Certificates. 

Chapter XIII. Roades History. Rodes Pedigrees. Sir 

John Rodes, Knt. 305 

William Rodes, Barlborough. Francis Rodes, Justice. 
Sir Thomas Wentworth. Great Houghton. Sir John 
Rodes, Baronet. Gilbert Rodes. Pedigrees. John 
Roades, of Ripley. Sufferings of Friends. Dissenters' 
Records. Sturton. Friends' Records. Emigration to 
America. A Member of the Council. Deeds. Will. 
Inventory. Descendants. Hon. Samuel Rhoads. 
Letter from Heanor. 

Chapter XIV. Appendix 349 

Maltby the Surname. Domesday Record. Notes on 
Domesday Record. Deeds to David William. Malt- 
by Family, compiled by Prof. Blake. Williams Fam- 
ily. John Barnard. Capt. Thomas A. Maulsby. 

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plymouth Meeting. (Frontispiece) page 

Half Tone. Photograph presented by Helen Corson Hovenden. 

Maltby Arms - - . - . .17 

Zinc Etching. Pen drawing by E. K. B. 

In Orston Village . - - - opposite 34 

Half Tone. Photograph presented by C. W. Maltby. 

St. Mary's Church, Orston - - . '' 34 

Half Tone. Photograph presented by C. W. Maltby. 

Chestnut House, Orston - - - "36 

Half Tone. Photograph presented by C. W. Maltby. 

Chesterfield Meeting House. Interior - - " 38 

Half Tone. Photographed by Gilbert Cope, 1908. 

Chesterfield Meeting House. Front View - " 38 

Half Tone. Photographed by Gilbert Cope, 1908. 

Spring Mill. Front View - - - " 46, 

Half Tone. Photograph presented by Robert T. Potts. 

Spring Mill. Back View - - - "46 

Half Tone. Photograph presented by Robert T. Potts. 

Spring Mill Residence - - - - " 48 

Half Tone. Photographed and presented by Helen C. Hovenden. 

Money Scales of John Williams - - - " 53 

Zinc Etching. Pen drawing by E. K. B. 

Deed of John Maultsby - - - - " 68 

Half Tone. Plate through courtesy of Cora M. Payne. 

Chair of Joseph Kent . _ - - 78 

Zinc Etching. 

Lost Creek School House - - - "98 

Half Tone. Plate through courtesy of Cora M. Payne. 

Lost Creek Burying Ground - - - ** 100 

Half Tone. Plate through courtesy of Cora M. Payne. 

General Israel David Maulsby (silhouette) - " 116 

Drawing after original owned by Charlotte Emily Banks. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

PAGE 

Captain Thomas A. Maulsby - - - " 132 

Half Tone Vignette. 

Marriage Certificate of Merchant Maulsby - ** 136 

Half Tone. Photograph presented by Richard Dallam, 

Cain and Radnor Meeting Houses - - " 140 

Half Tones. Plates through courtesy of Truman Coates, M. D. 

Crest of Mary Laugharne - - - " 165 

Zinc Etching. 

Work Table or Desk of Mary Laugharne - - ** 169 

Zinc Etching. Pen drawing by E. K. B. 

Laugharne and Wheeler Family Tree - " 184 

Half Tone. Photographed from original. 

Fallston Meeting House - - - - ** 194 

Half Tone. After drawing by Benjamin Ferris. 

Candle Stand of Maria Jane Kent - - - 248 

Zinc Etching. 

"Aunt Bashaby's" Tea Pot - - - - 262 

Zinc Etching. 

Mary Lee Maulsby . _ - . 270 

Silhouette. From original owned by L. L. Toft. 
Rodes Arms .-.___ 311 

Zinc Etching. Pen drawing by E. K. B. 

Autographs.— Signature of Col. Wm. P. Maulsby, 2; Dr. George 
Maulsby, 4; John Roades, 43; Adam Roades, 43; Mary Maulsby, 43; Major 
John I. Yellott, 119; E. N. R. McLean, 124; Capt. Thomas A. Maulsby, 
129; Morrice Maulsby, 140; Hannah Maulsby, 143: Helen C. Hovenden, 
151; David Malsby, 163; Mary Malsby, 163; James Hicks, 203; David 
Maulsby, 213; Samuel Cook; 243; Jane Cook, 243; Joseph Kent, 249; Maria 
J. Kent, 249; David Parr, 287; Elisha Parr, 288; Sir John Rodes, 320. 

7 



TO 

THE MEMORY 

OF 
MY GRANDMOTHER 

MARIA J. KENT 

Around whose "radiant fireplace" 
"We sped the time with stories old" 



PREFACE 

THE Maltby or Maulsby history is the result of long 
years of research. At first in carefully picked steps 
generation after generation backward, and then by 
leaps and bounds to that grand old record, the Domesday 
Book. 

Owing to our Quaker ancestry and the careful preserva- 
tion of the Quaker records, this for 230 years was a compar- 
atively easy matter, and William Maltby, the convert to 
Quakerism, was soon located in Nottinghamshire, England, in 
the little village of Orston, where some of the family still 
live, and from which C. W. Maltby writes: * 'My father, 
Thomas Maltby, died March 8, 1881, aged 101 years and 101 
days." 

Before 1676 we have not attempted a connected history, 
although it could doubtless be traced much further by the aid 
of the long list of Maltby wills, going back many years be- 
fore the sailing of Columbus, and by other records that carry 
us back to the Domesday Book, with which "Malteby" our 
history will begin. 

We look backward with pride, and justly, to the early 
Quaker settlement of Pennsylvania, but are apt to forget or 
scarcely realize the great changes that have taken place dur- 
ing these years. That our Quaker ancestors suffered many 
privations and dwelt in rude abodes, that school houses were 
of later origin, and that education was within the reach of 
very few, comparatively speaking, is hard to realize. They 
truly lived "The Simple Life." 

Our history takes us back to still ruder conditions in 
England. Even into the history of the old "Manor house," 
whose name seems to carry a certain glamor of distinction 
with it, it is not wise to examine too closely, or the wooden 



a THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

structure of one or two rooms, with dirt floor and thatched 
roof with opening for the escape of smoke, would dispel 
many of the illusions to which we cling. 

Our modern society is all too prone to judge a man by 
his possessions, and his ability to gain more, and so value 
him, overlooking the things of greater worth. 

In speaking of the early Friends Bishop Westcott has 
said: "Fox was able to shape a character in those who fol- 
lowed him, which for independence, for truthfulness, for 
vigor, for courage, for purity is unsurpassed in the records of 
Christian endeavor.'' Such a character as this was William 
Maltby's— what more in an ancestor could we desire or ask ? 
He had back of him, too, a sturdy race of "freemen," against 
whose name history has recorded no blot or blemish. 

The gift of a "nine-hundred-year-old name" is something 
of which to be proud, and it is ours to guard and keep un- 
sullied, and link with a history of character above reproach, 
so that, again, of us it may one day be truly said: 

"The glory of children are their fathers." — Proverbs xvii, 6. 



SOURCES OF INFORMATION 



THE desire for a Maulsby family history seems to have 
originated in the three branches of the family, near 
the same time. 

Cora M. Payne (of William), in her "Genealogy of the 
Maulsby Family" (Western Branch), 1902, states that she 
is carrying out the wishes of and using material gathered by 
her grandmother, Lucinda Maulsby Davis. 

The records of Plymouth Meeting were searched and a 
family tree drawn up by Samuel Maulsby Corson (of Mer- 
chant) and, later, corrected by his sister Helen Corson 
Hovenden. 

It is hard to give date for the history of David. I think it 
began near fifty years ago when, as a little girl at my grand- 
mother's knee, I first listened to the story of Mary Laugh- 
arne. Later researches included the genealogy and some 
history of the other branches. 

It was while corresponding with Isaac Sharp, of Devon- 
shire House, London, in regard to the marriage certificate 
and other Friends' records relating to our emigrant ancestors, 
that I learned of the researches of Helen Corson Hovenden, 
and on comparing notes with her found that in all points, so 
far as covered by us both, our records were the same, or veri- 
fied each other. At this time Mrs. Hovenden kindly aided 
me by allowing me to copy several deeds and the marriage 
certificate of William Maltby, papers that were not then in 
my possession. 

Believing that the sources of information will be inter- 
esting to our readers, we give some of them, among which 
are a few of the many interesting letters written over twenty 
years ago by different members of the family, few if any of 

whom are now living. 

(1) 



2 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Westminster, July 30th, 1885. 
My Dear Miss Ella:— 

I very much regret that I am without means to aid you in your un- 
dertaking, in which however I feel the deepest interest. My cousin, 
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, died a few years ago at over 90 years of age, and 
was followed shortly after by Mr. Nathan Dean, both of Harford Co. 
They could have gone far back into the family history, but the idea of 
tracing it never occurred to me until a few years ago I met with Dr. 
Maulsby of Washington. 

It has been the tradition in our family, as I understand it, that my 
grandfather and grandmother lived in York, Pa., during the Revolution- 
ary War, and during the war or shortly after, came to Belair. They had 
but one child, my father. General Israel D. Maulsby. I recollect that in 
my youth, David Maulsby, of Bush, a blacksmith, was recognized by my 
father as a cousin. He removed to Richmond, Indiana, where his de- 
scendants are men of character and prosperity, as I have been informed. 

My grandfather and grandmother are buried at the Friends' Meeting 
House, near Fallston, and I presume belonged to that. 

Really I know no particulars. It is possible that Mrs. Elizabeth 
Rogers, who lives with Mr. Hewitt, Hanover St., a short distance below 
the market house, might know more. 

Yours truly. 



A^ Mia^ 



Miss Ella K. Barnard. 

It was also a family tradition that a member of the family built the 
first iron works, in Pittsburg, but failed for want of fire brick; and the 
family thence descended the Ohio River, a branch settling near Wheeling, 
where they yet are, and a branch settling in Missouri, where I heard of 
one, a respectable lawyer. One, Benjamin Maulsby. came to Leesburg, 
Va., and married Miss Markell, of Frederic. I have also heard that there 
is a large and wealthy family in Iowa, but I know no particulars. 

Belair, January 4th, 1885. 
Miss Barnard: 

I am sure you will excuse my not answering your letter when I tell 
you I have been sick for several weeks. 

My knowledge of the older members of the family is meager. My 
father's name was Israel D. Maulsby, grandfather's David Maulsby. I 
do not know the name of his father. My grandparents, also a sister and 



THE MA ULSBY EAMIL Y 3 

her husband, came to Maryland soon after the Revolution, I think in 1783. 
Grandpa had an only child, son, who was my father; his aunt and uncle 
had two daughters, one of whom died early in life, the other, Mrs. Brown, 
a few years ago. She knew much more of the family history than I can 
tell, of relations by the name of Hicks and other names you mention that 
I never saw. Aunt and Uncle were first cousins, both Maulsbys, all de- 
scended from John and Mary [incorrecf], who came to the country with 
William Penn and settled in Pennsylvania. All the family were Friends 
and friendly to the English government, as perhaps you know. My 
father was the only member who was different in political sentiment. 
That, I presume, is one reason why we know so little of the family. 

Cousin Brown, who died at 86 years of age, was better posted in fam- 
ily history: she had the old family Bible. 

Dr. Maulsby of Washington, a retired surgeon of the U. S. Navy, 
wrote me for all the information I could give, as his nephew, Mr. Cor- 
son, was making a family tree. I will see you in the spring, if you like. 
Mrs. Bouldin can bring about a meeting, when by your knowledge I may 
be able to think of some things that I do not now. I have three brothers 
living: one in Oregon, one in Maryland, one in Indiana. I hope you will 
be able to read this scrawl : although it contains but little information. 
With best wishes I am 

Very respectfully, 

M. M. Howard. 



914 Farragut Square, Washington, D. C, 

September 13th, 1886. 
Miss Ella K. Barnard, 

Dear Madam: — I had the pleasure to receive your two letters, dated 
Aug. 18th, 1885, and Aug. 31st, 1886, respectively. The former did not 
give me your address and, not writing for want of it, you must have been 
at a loss to account for the seeming discourtesy of my long silence. I 
had your address, in a former letter, but unfortunately it was overlooked 
and destroyed with many others, in the general sacrifice I am in the habit 
of making on the eve of leaving home for the summer. With this ex- 
planation I trust you will exonerate me from any intentional neglect to 
reply to your interesting letter, which together with the last bears evi- 
dence of so much patient research. 

You ask what authority my nephew Mr. Corson had for making John and 
Mary Maulsby (not Maltby) the parents of the family. I can only give 
you my belief in reply— that he copied his statements from the minutes of 
Plymouth Meeting and that he was a person of great accuracy in such 
matters. There are certain coincidences between the Race St. record 
and the Plymouth one, as for example Merchant was born at sea in 1699; 
but in his parentage and spelling his name there is a difference. Again, 



4 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

according to the Race St. record, David the 2d, born 1750, married Sarah 
Reese, whereas in the Plymouth record William married Rose Rees in 
1732. 

There seems to be inextricable and irreconcilable confusion in these 
records, and I do not pretend to be able to entangle them. 

The Towsontown lady mentioned by Mrs. Rogers as having made a 
family tree of the Maulsbys, and referred to in your letter of '85, I have 
never heard of. 

Please accept my sincere thanks for your kind letters and your ef- 
forts to bring order out of confusion in our family genealogies. Should 
you think it worth while to pursue the subject further and make any new 
discoveries, I shall feel greatly obliged if you will communicate them to 

yours 

Very respectfully. 



yCl4^ 





In a letter dated Jan. 24, 1885, Dr. Maulsby wrote:— 

I have been at the 'Rising Sun' Tavern in the neighborhood of Phila- 
delphia, but know nothing of it in connection with our family history. 

My nephew, who took such pains in making up our family tree, is no 
longer living, and it is not probable I will get any further information on 
this interesting subject, unless the annals of your branch of the family 
should furnish it; and when you shall have made out your tree, I will 
feel greatly indebted to you for a copy, which you have so kindly 
promised. 

Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 14, 1885. 
Ella K. Barnard, 

Dear Cousin:— I enclose you a list of my father's children and living 
grand-children, with that of one great-grand-child. You will observe 
that we are not a prolific family. 

I do not understand from your letter that you wish the dates of birth 
and marriage, but if you do, let me know and I will try to procure them 
all. Only a part of these records are in my possession, those relating to 
my own immediate branch. 

I am writing to my brother, S. R. McConnell, of BurUngton, Iowa, to 
forward you all the facts in the old family records, that will be of use to you. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 5 

He is so deeply engrossed with his business that I cannot promise you 
immediate attention, but I think he will attend to it as soon as he can. 

I have led such a busy life that I have never had time to collect and 
arrange my family records and traditions, but have always hoped and am 
now planning for a season of leisure in which to undertake the work. I 
now regret deeply that I did not make more notes during my father's 
lifetime, as I have forgotten much that I have heard him relate. I should 
like very much to hear your version of the Laugharne romance, and if 
you have seen the home of our noted Welsh ancestress. I noted in a 
sketch of "The Wild Welsh Coast" by Wirt Sikes in (I think) the March 
number of Harpers' Magazine, 1884, a mention of Laugharne Castle 
which you probably also read. I fear it will be impossible to get the 
names of the children of David and Mary Malsby, as I have always been 
told the papers bearing upon the case were put in the hands of an agent 
authorized to secure the estate for the heirs, and were lost with him at 
sea. Cousin Beulah Harris told me this. I suppose she is very aged if 
living. The last time I heard from her my father visited her in Philadel- 
phia during the Centennial. 

The other David Maulsby I can tell you nothing of, but suppose he is 
the one buried at Rock Spring Church, near Forrest Hill, in Harford Co., 
Md., as I used to take great interest in looking upon his tomb in the yard 
when I went to school there as a child, and although I asked my grand- 
mother about him I cannot remember her account of him. I think you 
might get some data from Mrs. Mary Dallam, of Belair, widow of Col. 
Wm. T. Dallam, who was a daughter of old Colonel Maulsby, of Belair. 
Her brother, Wm. Maulsby, did live in Westminster, Md. , before and dur- 
ing the war, but I know not whether he is now living or not. 

I have mentioned these points, thinking possibly you might find some- 
thing in them to help you in your work, in which I am greatly interested. 
I regret deeply that I cannot furnish you more assistance. Do not hesi- 
tate to ask any questions that you think I may be able to answer, as I 
will gladly do all I can. I hope you may be able to complete your work 
and that I may have an opportunity of seeing it. 

You must be the daughter of my cousin, Susanna Kent.* I believe she 
married a Barnard; and my dear cousin Maria! How your letter carried 
me back to those early golden days when we were young and she was 
lovely. I have her picture now and often look at it, when turning over 
the relics of my youthful years. I knew she married a man named Davis 
and went to Staunton to live, and that during the war she was for a long 
time cut off from her friends; but had not heard a word since. 

I should like to hear about her and her family. Please give her my 
tenderest remembrances and ask her if she has the time and inclination 
to write me something of her history. 

♦Susanna Kent married William Worthington. Mary Anna Kent married John 
Barnard. 



6 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

You say she is in the South. I wonder if in our section, or likely to 
pass through it. If so, nothing could afford us so much pleasure as a 
visit from her. I suppose her parents are dead, or if living they must be 
very aged. Her mother viras one of my father's favorite cousins, and a 
visit from those cousins he prized very much. I have heard him tell how 
beautiful she was as a girl. 

I hope I have not become tiresome with my reminiscences, but I pre- 
sume upon your interest in family matters, as evinced in your work. 

My family is small, as you can see from the records, my husband, 
daughter Anna and myself constituting it. One married daughter lives 
in the same yard, so we see her family every day. 

My husband has been practicing medicine here since we came from 
Ohio, sixteen years ago, and the probabilities are that we shall make this 
our home the rest of our lives. Should any chance throw you in this di- 
rection, we should want to see you and renew the ties of kindred. 

With love to any of the family that may remain, 

I am, affectionately, your cousin, 

Sallie C. Price. 
404 Georgia Ave. 

P. S. — I find I have omitted answering one or two of your ques- 
tions, which I am only able partially to do. Samuel McConnell raised 
Lucretia Parr, who I suppose is the niece of my grandmother's that you 
inquire about. I do not remember the name of the man she married. I 
can barely remember her, as she left their house when I was very young. 
I recollect that she was pretty and sprightly. She had a daughter [her- 
self'\, a widow, who kept a little china store on Eutaw St. near Saratoga, 
I think about twenty -five years ago, perhaps thirty, but I do not remem- 
ber her name. 

The Parrs took to china,* I think, as David [Preston] Parr had a china 
store somewhere in Baltimore [on Baltimore St.], 

There was a Maggie Parr, from Richmond, Va., I think, who assisted 
Cousin Beulah Harris in her store on Lexington St., during the war, but 
I do not know of her further. Cousin Mary Shoemaker if living could 
probably give you information about the Parr family, as well as others. 
I suppose she is, if living, in Philadelphia, as she was there the last time 
I heard from her. You may know all about her. 

I do not know if Angelina Orr left any descendants. I recollect her 
death is recorded in the old family Bible, but nothing further. 

S. C. P. 

May 28 i(9,<?5;— Enclosed you will find a copy of Henry Sitler's letter. 

* * * My daughter Anna and I and some other people expect to go 

to our place on Sand Mountain, Ala., where we spend our summers, in a 

few weeks. We call it Edgemont, as it stands on the brow, commanding 

*The older meinbors of the family were potters. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 7 

an extensive view. My brother Isaiah suggests a meeting of all the de- 
scendants of Mary Langhorne there some day, in which event we ought 
to change the name to Langhorne. 

I think such a meeting somewhere would be one of interest, as the 
Eastmans annually hold one at Concoi'd, N. H. 

My brothers desire me to convey to you their wishes for success in the 
work, and their desire to each possess a copy of the tree when complete. 
I think, if possible to get them, a number of copies will be in demand. 

I should like to know what is the plan of your work, whether a chart 
or book. 

I shall be glad to hear of your progress, when you have time. 

I remain, in the bonds of family affection. 

Your cousin, 

Sallie C. Price. 
404 Georgia Ave. 

Tov^^soN, March 14th, 1885. 
Miss E. K. Barnard: 

Yours of the thirteenth received. I cannot give you much informa- 
tion upon the subject named, never having taken much interest in it 
personally, but am willing to give any I can. The David Maulsby (orig- 
inally I think Malsby) whom I presume you mean, was a farmer of Har- 
ford Co. He had a brother, Wheeler Maulsby, both educated men. I 
knew them both when I was a boy: they were then old men, some fifty 
years since, one or both were unmarried. The one of the next generation 
known by me was Morris Maulsby; his only son was David Lee Maulsby, 
once a grocer* in Exeter or Gay St., Baltimore (since dead) ; you will find 
in the directory two or three names of his sons, who may give you some 
desired information. You will recognize the similarity of the names. 

The other branch of the family remembered by me when a boy was 
represented by Col. Israel Maulsby, a lawyer, a thorough "gentleman of 
the old school," who resided in Belle Air, Harford Co., who called my 
father "cousin," as did the others spoken of previously. 

Judge Wm. P. Maulsby, a lawyer of the same stamp, of Westmin- 
ster, Maryland, is the only son left by him: he could give you informa- 
tion. 

David Parr, of Richmond, was the son of John Parr, of Baltimore. 

I am the son of Elisha Parr, of Baltimore. 

Israel M. Parr, of Bowly's wharf, is the son of David Parr, of Balti- 
more. We three are the only surviving males of our generation. 

The father of John, David and Elisha Parr resided at Joppa (the an- 
cient city and capital of the state), on Joppa River, Harford Co. His 
widow, Tamar Parr, married James Orr, of Joppa [.^], who managed to 
get and spend the balance of her estate. 

*David Lee Maulsby kept a feed store on High Street, Baltimore. 



8 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

The wife of Major James Yellott, a lawyer of Towson, is a sister of 
Judge Maulsby. 

My son, D. Preston Parr, Jr., traced up much of the family history 
some years since, and might give you some points; his address is D. P. P., 
Jr., care J. B. Brown & Co., 26 Bowly's whf., Baltimore. 

Parr's Ridge, in Carroll and Montg. Co., is supposed to have been the 
original grant to the earlier members of the family — one member of the 
family was killed, or said to be, in the same battle as, and under, De 
Kalb, who commanded the "Maryland Line," at Camden, Ithink. Another 
made prisoner when the "Maryland Line" under Lord Sterling cornered 
Washington's retreat from New York. 

I think I have given all I know of the matter inquired about, with 
reminiscences heard by me but of which I know nothing. 

Your friend, 

D. Preston Parr. 



Towson, March 24, 1885. 
Miss E. K. Barnard:— 

Yours of the 17th received in due course. I knew Frances McCon- 
nell spoken of by you, but Mrs. Monroe was not her niece, but boarded 
with her and was partially raised by her. I never knew exactly the re- 
lationship, but my father called her "Cousin Fannie," which must have 
been the relationship. I never had the pleasure of much or any ac- 
quaintance with your branch of the family. 

My mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Preston, her father's, 
David Preston. They resided in Pennsylvania, I think in York County, 
and part of her family, Hampshire or Hampshar, as spelled by different 
members, were located in Bait. County near the Pennsylvania line. 

In regard to your other inquiries, I am entirely ignorant. Morris 
Maulsby, was I think, administrator in the estate of James Orr, and a 
woman named "Betsy Sadler," who was housekeeper for him in his old 
age, claimed to be his wife, after his death. A long chancery suit ensued 
between Maulsby and her, he claimed that she was a motatoe* (not the wif e) , 
and a very embittered contest was waged between them for years. She 
took possession of the property, furniture, chatties, etc., probably holding 
the 'papers you allude to. I remember when a boy to have seen her eject- 
ed by force from the premises, but she always returned again. 

I have heard of the death of David Parr. Sophia Jarvis has a son 
working for Hugh Gilford, Ensor St., I suppose you know. 

Regretting my inability to give further information, 
I remain yours truly, 

D. Preston Parr. 

*Q,uery: mulatto? 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 9 

Mansfield, Ohio, July 7, 1885. 
Dear Madam: 

I hope you will not think me unkind in not answering sooner. I ex- 
pected to have been in Baltimore before this time— then we could have 
met and talked over old family affairs, but unavoidable circumstances 
prevented, and as I cannot now say just when I may get home, will 
answer your questions by writing. 

There was another sister of Aunt Fannie McConnell's — her name 
was Tamar— she married James Parr— they had three sons (John, David 
and Elisha Parr). I don't remember much about Aunt Fannie's brother, 
John Maulsby. I think he had but two children. I well remember 
Uncles David and Wheeler. 

Aunt Angelina had no children, neither had James Orr a second wife 
or children. I boarded with Aunt Fannie McConnell for a long time, and 
often heard her talk of her parents, but do not remember of ever hear- 
ing her speak of their marriage. She told me of Churchman, the agent 
that was sent to Wales, and that he died on his voyage home, but I don't 
know what became of the papers, —my brother must have misunderstood 
your question, when he said he did not think I was a descendant of David 
and Mary Maulsby — they were my father's grandparents— David Parr, 
of Richmond, was great-grandson of theirs. 

When I arrive in Baltimore will let you know, and will be pleased to 
meet you and tell all I know about the family, etc. 

Yours most respectfully, 

Mary L. Munroe. 
No. 6, Wise's Block, Mansfield, Ohio. 

Lowell, Ohio, Oct. 20, 1885. 
Miss Ella K. Barnard: — 

Your missive is received requesting information in regard to our an- 
cestors, which I regret to say I am unable to give. It is true my mother, 
Catharine Watkins, kept house for Uncle Wheeler Malsby, and I might 
have heard those things spoken of. But I was young when Uncle died 
and cannot now recollect any date nor circumstance that would throw 
light on the subject. 

Respectfully yours, 

Mary Hall. 

Elmira, Iowa, 8-14. 
Ella K. Barnard, 

Dear Lady:— My dear old mother has assigned to me the task of an- 
swering your letter of inquiry in regard to descendants of the Maulsby 
family, a task to me because my knowledge of the subject is certainly 
very limited. However I will compile what I can gather from old records 
and my personal knowledge and submit it to you to make the best of it 



10 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

you can. — Should it fail in its mission I shall feel sorry on your account. 
Mother remarked when giving it to me that she "would like very much 
to know i/tee, " or in what relation you stood to each other, whether 
any, as her father had very few connections in this country. 

Her grandfather's name was John, born in Pennsylvania 17th of 
September, 1753. Died 10th September, 1785, in Baltimore, Md. This was 
extracted from a memorial of Baltimore Monthly Meeting concerning 
him, he being a member of the Society of Friends. He had a brother 
that came to Baltimore with him, but I have forgotten his name (if 
ever I knew it). Mother also disremembers it. Grandfather was born 
10 of May, 1784; died 18 of June, 1853. Grandmother (nee Mary Coale) 
was born 8th of Aug., 1777; died Nov. 21st, 1863. 

If you have a wish to trace further in regard to John Lathrop 
Maulsby's family with regard to incidents connected with the family 
(that I am not cognizant with), by addressing Rachel M, Matthews, 
Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana, she no doubt will cheerfully respond and 
give you details in a more concise manner than I am able to. 

I will remark right here there is a tradition in our antecedents' his- 
tory that we are of Welsh descent, and one of our forefathers ran off 
with a lady of nobility, married her and came to America, after a lapse 
of time, (how long I cannot say). A fortune of considerable value was 
left to the descendant of this lady in that country. The necessary 
papers with power of attorney were given to a young man for adjust- 
ment. But the vessel in which he sailed was lost at sea, and report says 
"all on board perished. " Since which time there has been no move made 
in the matter. 

Should I be able to gather other incidents relative to the Maulsby 
family and you can utilize them, I would be pleased to furnish the same. 
I am in a manner working in the dark. The form and substance of your 
"Tree" is a new issue to me. Having been raised in the West, am not cog- 
nizant in ways and customs of Eastern people. 

Enclosed you will find diagram of descendants of the Maulsby family, 
from which probably you can abstract what you desire in the way of de- 
scendants of the Maulsby family. 

Should you desire to communicate with either mother or myself, any 
communication addressed to either of us at West Liberty, Muscatine Co., 
Iowa, will reach us. 

Hoping this poorly compiled communication may be of benefit to 
you, I am 

Respectfully, 

Chas. p. Elliott. 

I was fortunate to be able to see at the suggestion of 
Wm. P. Maulsby, in 1885, Elizabeth Rogers, the adopted 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 11 

daughter of Elizabeth Maulsby Brown (Betsy Brown), the 
daughter of Morris and Eleanor Maulsby, and from her gained 
much knowledge of the older members of the family. 

In the hands of Morris Maulsby Dean, of Belair, Harford 
Co., Md., was found the marriage certificate of Merchant 
Maulsby, carefully preserved, with those of his son Morris, 
and his daughter, Sally Dean, and also much traditional 
knowledge, for which I am greatly indebted. 

The old family tree, the * 'Progeny of the Langhorne and 
Wheeler famihes," belonged to Beulah Harris— ''Cousin 
Beulah," and was brought to me by Blanche Shoemaker after 
her adopted mother's death, before which time it had been 
so carefully guarded that I did not know of its existence. 

Frances Conway's story of Mary Laugharne was given 
me by her daughter, Marja Ann Martenet. This has been 
added to recently by her oldest son, Jefferson Conway. 

The McConnell family found the "letter of Henry Sitler" 
the only contents of a "little calico bag" that had long been 
supposed to contain the "Laugharne papers." 

And here I wish to thank the many, many relatives and 
friends without whose aid this work had been impossible. 

I have endeavored to give facts and not traditions, al- 
though traditional stories when adding interest have been 
sometimes given as traditions. Especially is this true in the 
case of Mary Laugharne. 

To Ella Laugharne Martenet I am greatly indebted for 
work on the Conway branch of the family. 

From Samuel Nicholson Rhoads I have received valu- 
able aid in Rhoads history, and also from Joseph R. Rhoads 
of Philadelphia. 

In some cases information asked for has not been given, 
and owing to this fact and because some branches have been 
lost sight of, our history is not nearly complete. 

In addition to family aid, the Friends' records of Penn- 
sylvania, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina have been 
the chief sources of information. Many of these are col- 



12 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

lected in the vaults in Philadelphia and at Park Ave. , Balti- 
more, and others are copied in the Pennsylvania Historical 
Society. 

For wills, deeds, etc., the counties of Philadelphia, 
Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Lancaster and York in Penn- 
sylvania, and Baltimore, Baltimore Co. , Cecil and Harford in 
Maryland have been examined, and also the earlier state rec- 
ords at Annapolis. 

The Pennsylvania Archives, Series I, H and HI, and many 
other historical and genealogical works have been consulted, 
and will sometimes be quoted in our work. 

Of these perhaps I am most indebted to:— 

"Southern Quakers and Slavery," Stephen B. Weeks. 

"Historical Collections of Gwynedd," Howard M. Jen- 
kins. 

"Plymouth Meeting," Ell wood Roberts. 

"Collection of Memorials concerning Divers Deceased 
Ministers, etc." Phila., 1787. 

"Memorial Concerning Several Ministers, etc., of Balti- 
more Yearly Meeting." (Reprint, 1875.) 

For Williams history, I am indebted to Major L. P. 
Williams, of Washington, D. C. 

The Barnard records were compiled by Justice Job Bar- 
nard, of the Supreme Court, Washington, D. C. , to whom I 
wish to express my thanks. 

The Society of Friends prior to Jan. 1, 1752, used the 
"Old Style" of dating their records. After that time the 
"New Style" is used, and instead of March being the "First 
Month" of the year, it is January from that time on that is 
called the "First Month." 



/. 

EARLY MALTBY HISTORY 

"I trace thy tale 
To the dim point where records fail." 

Maltby is an old Norse or Saxon name. 

Saxon, mcalt; Swedish and Danish malt. It is perhaps scarcely 
necessary to say that "malt" is barley or other grain steeped in water 
until it germinates, then dried in a kiln, evolving the saccharine principle. 
It is used in brewing." 

By is an old English word, with the same spelling in Danish and 
Swedish, It is a place suffix, equivalent to town: see Grimsby, Whitby, 
Derby. Maltby therefore means the town which produces malt, or where 
malt is made. 

The present form of the word Maltby seems to indicate 
Danish origin but the word malt probably antedates the com- 
ing of the Danes who settled in that part of England con- 
taining the township and parish of Maltby, and probably in- 
fluenced its later spelling. Saxon history contains many 
such recordsand leases as the following:— 

"Lufe in 832 charged the inheritors and assigns of her lands at Mund- 
lingham with the following yearly payments to Canterbury forever; that 
is to say: Sixty ambers of malt, one hundred and 50 loaves, 50 white 
loaves, 120 alms-loafs, one ox, one hog and four wethers, two weys of 
bacon and cheese, one mitta of honey, ten geese and 20 hens." 

and 

"20 hides of land were leased by Peterborough to Wulfred for two 
lives on condition of his getting its freedom and for the following yearly 
rental: — 

First to the Mo7iastery:— 2 tons oi bright ale; two oxen fit for slaugh- 
ter, two mittau or measures of Welsh ale; and six hundred loaves. 

To the Abbots private estate:— one horse and thirty shillings of silver 
)4£, one nights pasture; fifteen mittau of bright and five of Welsh ale, 
and fifteen sesters of mild ale. ' ' 

And so the parts of Yorkshire where the malt was made 
in great quantities finally became known as Maltby, and they 
are still known to us through the names of — 

(13) 



14 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

Maltby: a chapelry, township and parish 

Maltby, a chapelry, in the parish of Raithby, union of Louth, Wold 
Division of the hundred of South-Eske, parts of Lindsey, county of Lin- 
coln, contains 1100 acres, 3 miles (S.W. by S) from Louth. 

Here was formerly a preceptory of Knights Templars, to which 
Ranulph, one of the earls of Chester was the first benefactor; it after- 
wards belonged to the Hospitallers. 

Maltby, a township, in the parish of Stainton, union of Stockton W. 
Division of the liberty of Langhbaurgh, N. Riding of the county of York : 
33^ miles (E. by N.) from Yarm. Contains 171 inhabitants. 

Maltby (St. Bartholomew's) , a parish. West Riding of county of York, 
830 inhabitants. Parish contains 3819 acres. Church, Residence of Earl 
of Scarborough, etc. 

Maltby-le-marsh, a parish in the county of Lincoln, 3 m. (N.E.) from 
Alford, contains 229 inhabitants, 1177 acres and Church, etc. 

To these sections of England comprised in the old king- 
doms of Northumbia and Mercia we have traced the Maltby 
family, and it seems likely that they took their name from 
the land on which they dwelt, the common practice at that 
time. 

At first one name was considered entirely sufficient for 
an individual, but as ,the population increased the necessity 
for some added designation became urgent; and the surname 
was the result. It came into use in different counties at dif- 
ferent times. 

In England surnames came into general use about the time 
of the Norman Conquest, before which time some added sobri- 
quets or epithets, and perhaps a few hereditary surnames, 
were used, but they were first recorded in the public docu- 
ments at this time, and became essential for the identification 
of the individual hereafter. 

Many names were derived from those of the father or 
mother, with the addition of the ' 'Saxon suffixes ing, kin, 
cock, et, in, on, ot, or their compounds." 

A still larger class took the name of the locality in which 
they lived, the country, district or city, and "every town, vil- 
lage or hamlet in England or Scotland hath afforded names 
to families.". 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 15 

Our ancestor took the name of the place Maltby— of 
which he may have been but probably was not the owner. 

An old pedigree tells us the first Maltby was ' 'Maltby of 
Maltby and Muston. " His son wrote his name William de 
Maltby. The "de" was introduced by the Normans. 

From this Maltby we might with safety trace our family, 
leaving the ' 'burden of proof ' to the doubter. But preferring 
to be very sure, we shall merely give the older records, allow- 
ing each one to choose for himself his own ancestor, and as 
in all families, he will find room for choice, and he may take 
fisherman, yeoman or "gentilman," as he will. 

Guppy classifies the name Maltby as English or Welsh, and says it is 
found at present in three counties of England: Derbyshire (7), Lincoln- 
shire (8) and Nottinghamshire (24). [The numbers indicate there are 
about that many in 10,000 inhabitants.] 

"There was a Maltby a freeholder of Newton in 1698 [Harle]; in 
Derbyshire and Lincolnshire the name also occurs in the last century, and 
also in Yorkshire, Maltby is the name of parishes and townships." 

Yorkshire was probably the home of the family. Surely 
the numbers of those bearing our name living there have al- 
ways been greatest. 

Spelling of Name 

It is never wise to insist on the sameness of spelling in 
old documents, but to allow the greatest variation, being sat- 
isfied if one finds a similarity of sound and spelling. 

One old name is said to have 131 modes of spelling. 
While we have not attempted to keep all the forms under 
which our name, Maltby, appears, the following are a few of 
its forms:— 

In England :-Malby, Maltby, Maltbie, Maltby e, Maultby, 
Maultbie, Moltby, Maltsby, Maltsbi, Maltsbye, Maltsbie, 
Maltesby, Maltesbi, Maultsby, Molzbi, etc. 

In America:— Beginning with Maltesby and Maltby, it 
soon becomes changed to Malsby and Maulsby, and between 
whiles is spelled Malsbee, Malsbye, Maltsby, Malsbury, Mals- 
bey, and doubtless many other ways.* 

*Mrs. Verrlll has found 70 forms of the word Maltby. 

"There are fourteen villages called Maltby: they are In Yorkshire, Suffolk, 
Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Nottingham, Derbyshire, Essex, Northampton, Surrey and 
Ireland."— Mrs. Verrlll. 



16 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

The Domesday Record 

The Domesday Book contains several records in which 
the name of Malteby appears. One especially seems to hint 
at the more modern pronunciation of the name— "Molzbi." 
The spelling counts for little. Mai or Malt, the principal part, 
is usually there; the rest varies with the writer. In this case 
these differences are easily accounted for. When it was com- 
piled a different set of commissioners were sent by William 
the Conqueror into each county, and a jury on oath declared 
the extent and nature of each estate, the number of its in- 
habitants, their names and condition, and its value before 
and after the Conquests, and sums due from it to the Crown. 

The old Saxons were primarily divided into freemen and 
serfs. 

The freeman is he who possesses enough land to feed 
himself and family. He aided in the government, making, ap- 
plying and executing the laws, and as a burgher was one of 
the representatives to the national parliament. 

If a freeman became the owner of one hide (from 33 to 
120 acres) of arable land [with which he would be entitled 
to a proportionate amount of meadow and forest for his 
horses, cattle and hogs] , he was elected a noble or earl by his 
fellow freemen, and then became eligible to be elected priest, 
judge or king. 

Below the freemen in the social scale were the stranger, 
the freedman and the serf. 

iJ®=For a translation of significant parts of the Domesday Record, 
see Appendix. 

Pedigrees 

A few old Maltby predigrees that may be of interest to 
the family, with coats of arms belonging to its different 
branches: — 




Maltby Arms 



18 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Maltby 

Foster's Visitations of Yorkshire, 1584-1612. [Visitations in 1612, 
page 551.] 

Maltby of Maltby and Muston.— Arms: Argent, on a bend gules 

three garbs or. 

William de Maltby, in co. York = - - - - 

I 



Henry Maltby, of Maltby, In Cleveland, co. York: 



John de Maltby = 



Gilbert Sir William de Maltby= - - 2 Catherine, wife Constance, wife of 
Robert son and heir, 1209. I ofRobt.^f Kobt. Haux.^ 

Christian I 

John de Maltby, son and helrs ^ <• Alice, dau. of Nlclio. Blount of Upliham. v 



Geo. Maltby, ao 1364 = Alice, dau. and heiress of Thomas Seymor of Cleveland. 
! 

John de Maltby, son and heir, 140(5 = Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas de Marlon.*" 
I 

Thomas de Maltby, son and heir = Elizabeth. » 



Thomas de Maltby, 30 H. VI = Isabel, dau. of John Sayer of Preston, co. York. 
Matthew de Maltby, a" 2 Ric. Ill = - - - 



William, son and heir. Robert de Maltby, second son = - - 

^1 

William de Maltby = - - 



Christopher Maltbyii = - - 

I 

I 

Chrlstopheri 2 Maltby ^ dau. of Younge of York City. 

I 

Christopher Maltby of Maltby = Everllda, dau. of Ralph Creyke of Marton and 
Musto n. J ^ I 

1 4 [Catherine, aet [Everllda, aet 7 = Sir Geo. Wentworth Frances, aet 4i fi 

13, 1612. 1 ■■' of Wooley, Kent. 

[Signed byl Christopher Maltbyh 

1 Maultby, MH., 900, (J070. i 2 Alderman of York. 

c Alice afterwards married Nicholas de 14 Christopher died young, MS. 6070. 

Upham. 6070. 1 ■'^ Married to Michael Worton of liever- 

!» Widow of, or mar. 2ndly to, Tliomas de ly, Esci. MS. 900. 

Maultby, (1070. If' Married to Nlnian Tankard of Brun- 

1 1 Son of Thomas, grandson of William, ton, Esq., MS. 9(X). 

900. 

[For further notes, see Foster's Visitation]. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 19 

St. Maur 

St. Maur. — Arms. Argent, two chevrons gules, in chief a file of the* 
points azure. 

Lawrence St. Man re. 



Nicholas St. Maure = daughter and coheir of Alan Lord Zouch. 
^1 

Nicholas St. Maure =: Muriel, doughter and heire of James Lovell. 
I 

Nicholas St. Maure = Elener, dau. and coheir of Alan Lord Zouche of 
I Asljhy. 

Richard Lord Seymour = - — 

d. 1401. I 

Thomas de Seymour = Mary, widow to Robert Boughkon. 
I 

George Maltby, 11 living, anno 1364 :::^ Alice Seymour, dau. and heiress. 

See Visitation, 1584, p. 551. Glover's Visitations, 1584 ? 

Barons of St. Maur, t by writ of Summons, dated 29 July, 1314, came 
from Normandy with Wm. Conqueror. Co. Somerset, England. 



Dyneley 

Foster's Visitations of Yorkshire 

Page 298. —Dyneley of Swillington— Mary Maltby, wife of Christopher 

Maltby, alderman of York. 
Page 194. — Morley of Normanby. 

Isabel, dau. and heir of William -= Robert Morley, of 
de Maltby, 1st wife of Normanby, dwelling at 

Maltby. 
Index of Arms, 194— 
Maultby, 
Maltby, 551. 

II Quarterly, 1 and 4. Argent on a bend gules, 3 garbs or, Maultby. 
Quartered with Morley arms. 

"Query: three? 

tCorruptcd to Seymour. To this family belonged .lane Seymour, the queen of 
Henry VIII, Edward VI, their son, and the Lord protector Seymour, and tlie Lord 
admiral, Tlionias Seymour, tlie early suitor for the hand ofc},ueen Elizabeth and 
afterwards tlie liusband of Ciueen Catherine Parr. 

As authorities in regard to the Norman Conquest and the Conqueror, Green 
quotes— "the rhyming chronicle of Beuvil of Saint Maur." 



20 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Malhy of Stonham Aspall 

[Metcalf 's Visitation of Wales] 
Sir John Malbye, of Malbye Hall, in Lynn, in Norf,, married and had 

issue: — , 

Thomas, sone and heir. 
Thomas Malby, of Dovercourt, co. Essex, son and heir of Sir John Mal- 
bye, mar. Dorothy, dau. of John Nicholls, of Brundish, co. Suffolk, 

Gent., and had issue: — 

John, son and heir. 

Lyonell, ob. 

Margery, wife of Robt. Temes, of Thornage in Norf. 

Julian, wife to Thomas Jenings, of Holbrook, co. Suffolk. 
John Malby, of Stoneham, Aspall, co. Suffolk, son and heir of Thomas 

Malby, m. Margaret, da. and co-heir of Wm. Smith [?] of Hevering- 

ham, CO. Suffolk, and had issue:— 

Edward, son and heir. 

Thomas. 

Mary, w. Thomas Jacobs. 

Anne, w. Sir Joseph Hayes, of London, Alderman, and Kt Maior, 1615. 

Creyke of Cottingham 

Creyke of Cottingham.— Arms: Quarterly 1 and 4. Per fesse argent 
and sable; a pale countercharged, and 3 birds of the last. Creyke 2 and 
3; Paly of 6 or and gu., in chief argent, 3 lozenges of the 2nd Arden. 
Crest: An eagle sable, standing on a garb fesseways or. 

Wm. Creyke of Cottingham = Frances, dau. to Sir. William Babthorpe 
CO. York, Esq. I ofOsgodby. 



Agnes Katharine, dau. to Thomas = Ralph Creyke of Cottingham and = Ann 
Cratliorne of Orathorne. I Marlon, in the liberty of Peter | 
I Hold 1, living. 1584 a nd 1012. 1 

Bobt. Creyke Everild 

wife of Christopher Maltby, Esq. 

iThree carucates held of the liberty of 8t. Peters, co. York. 
Foster's Visitations of Yorkshire. 1584-161:^. 

Christopher Maltby, Alderman of York, buried his wife, Frances 
Young, 30 Dec. 1580, at St. Crux, where his son Christopher was bap- 
tised 18 March, 157*, and married there Mary, d. of Arthur Dyneley, 11 
July 1581, His sister, Jane Maltby, bur. 12 July, 1604, at All Saints Pave- 
ment, married Robert Brooke, Alderman and M. P. for York and was 
mother of the Rev. Samuel Brook, D.D., Master of Trinity College, 
Cambridge 1622-1631; Christopher Brook, M.P., the poet; Jane Brook, 
wife of Thomas Hesketh, of Heslington, whose heir general is the editor 
of this work. — ' ' Yorkshire Wills, Etc. ' ' 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 21 

In Swillington Church (1620) was the following epitaph: — "North 
quyer, a plate of brasse on the wall — " 

Here lyeth Dame Mary Maltby (Married at St. Crux, York, 11 July, 
1581), widdow, one of the daughters of Arthur Dyneley, of Swillington, 
gentleman, late wief of Christopher Maltby, of the cytty of Yorke, Al- 
derman, a man worthy of memory. She departed this world the third 
day of October 1585. 

Le Neves Pedigree of Knights 

Ebor. Sr Miles Wharton of Beverly Kted at Whitehall, 30 June, 1666. 

Sr. Ralf Warton of Beverly Kted at Newmarket 19 March 1668. See 
Sir William Dugdales' Visitation Yorkshire fol. 237 Coat, Crest Quarter- 
ings and pedigree higher. Or, on chevron azure a martlet bet. 2 Pheons 
of first. See Visitation of Yorkshire coppied by Sir Philip Constable in 
my hand. 

P. LeNeve norroy page 258 for pedigree and quarterings. 

Warton 

Laurence Warton of Kingston = Anne, dau. of Radly of Radly Line. 

Michael Warton, of Beverly, = 1 wife Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of Ralf Hansby. 
Knt., dyed A. D. 1655. I 



Michael Wharton, of Beverly, = Catherine, dau. and co-heir of Xtofer Malteby, of 
dyed before his father. I Malteby ebor. 



Michael Warton, of Beverly Park, = Susan, dau. of John Lord Paulet of St. George, 
Esq., aetat 42 annos,15 Sep. 16G6. I Som. est. 



Sir. Miles Warton, of Beverly, Sir. Ralf, of Beverly, Charles Warton, of . 
Kted vt supra, unmarried Kted vt supra, Beverly. 

1666; dyed-day of March, living, 1668. 

1724-5, hurried at 



John Eliz. Susan, m. to Sir. Jo. Newton, bart. Mary 

Arms 

Maltby, Cleveland, co. York: ar. on a bend gu three garbs or. 

Crest a garb or, banded gu. [a barley sheaf]. 

Crest of Rt. Rev. Edward Maltby, Bishop of Durham: — 

Between two branches of olive ppr. a garb or charged with a cross 
pat^e gu. 

Motto: — Nil sine labore. 

Malby arms same as Maltby crest: An Indian goat passant. 

Malby [Norfolk] az. a cross form^e coupe or. 

Maltby [Essex] crest. A barley sheaf erect and banded or. Pen- 
dant therefrom a bugle horn or. 



22 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

Inquisitions 

We give two old inquisitions, in which the name of John 
de Maltby, the fifth in descent from Maltby of Maltby,* ap- 
pears, showing that in the two hundred years that have 
elapsed since the conquest conditions of land tenure had not 
greatly changed since the time of the Conqueror. 

Yorkshire Inquisitions, Vol. Ill, page 100-119. —Similar inquisitions 
taken at Stokesley on Monday, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy 
Cross, 27 Edw. 1. (14 Sept. 1299) by Robert de Ackelom, John de 
Merske, John de Malteby, William Humette, William del Hou, Robert de 
Elredley, Walter de la Chaumber, Hugh de Stunstale, Alan de Bolleby, 
John son of Thomas of Hylderwelle, Thomas de Boington, and John du 
Vale, who say that John de Seton held the Manor of Seton (near Whitby) 
in his demesne as of fee of William le Latiner and Lucy his wife by the 
service of the fourth part of a Knights feet for all service, and he held 
nothing there of the King. There is there a chief messuage, and it is 
worth 3s a year in herbage. There are 224 acres of land in demesne. 
Each acre 6d a year. Total £6, 12s (Sic). 

Five acres of meadow at 2s. acre; total 10s. A water mill, with 
13s, 4d. a year. There are also these firmers, namely, John de Dale 
[above, John du Vale] who holds one toft worth 16d. a year, and 24 
acres at 6d. an acre; total 13s. 4d. John, son of Thomas, hold 2 bovates 
of land at 3s. a bovate; total 6 s. Agnes, daughter, of Yvo, holds one 
toft, worth 2s., Alan Glede holds one toft [grove of trees] and one 
bovate [as much as an ox can plow, 28 acres?] of land worth 3s. a 
year. Robert Foreman (prepositus) holds one toft worth 12d. a year. 
Robert Warand holds one toft, worth 16d. a year. Marjory de Red- 
ding holds an assart [a piece of cleared land] worth 4s. a year. Henry 
Piper holds an assart worth 4s. a year. John de Rome holds at oft 
worth 8d. a year. These firmars pay their farms to wit, the said sums 
by equal half-yearly payments at Whitsuntide and Martinmas. Total of 
the extent £9, 13s. 8d. 

Et non est ibi aliquid aliud appruamentum (The finding as to Chris- 
topher repeated.) 

[m. 4] Writ dated Blithe 17 Jan., 28 years (1299-1300) and addressed 
to same Escheator, informing him the inquisition already sent was in- 
sufficient, as no mention was made of the fee held in chief, or of the ser- 
vices due for the same. He is now ordered to remedy the omission. 

♦Possibly tills is an error. I have taken the first line of the pedigree to refer to 
the Saxon ancestor who assumed the surname Maltby. 

t"A Icnight's fee" was a term well understood (iOO years ago [1300 A.D.], and did 
not mean any amount of money, but "as much land as would support a gentleman." 
— [An old writer.] 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 23 

Page 119, Yorkshire Inquisitions. 

[m. 6] Inquisitions of Knights fees and advowsonsof churches which 
were Nicholas de Meynells' on the day he died, made at York, 8 Feb. 28 
Edw. (1299-1300) by the oath of William de Mundeville, Adam de Kyr- 

keby, John de , Adam de Leeke, Nicholas de Lunde, Thomas de 

Ottryngeton, William de Smytheton, John de Malteby, Richard de Fen- 
ton, John de Fyntres and John, son of Richard of Thorneton, who say 
that Nicholas de Meynill and Christiana his wife held jointly in their 
demesne as of fee the manor of Castellevington of the king in chief, by 
the service of the fourth part of one knight's fee— worth in all issues £20 
a year. Christina is now seized of the manor. John Wake held two 
carucates in Aton in Cleveland by the service of the sixth part of one 
knights fee worth 8 marcs a year. 

John de Meynill of Rungeton, held four carucates in Rungeton, two 
carucates [as much as one team can plow] in Hoton and four bovates [as 
much as an ox can plow, 28 acres] in twenty-fourth part of a knights' 
fee, worth 26 marcs a year. 

Hugh de Meynill, of Hilton, held six carucates in Hilton and four 
bovates in Hoton by the service of half a knight's fee, and the twenty- 
fourth part of a knight's fee, worth twenty-six marcs a year. 

Robert de Scotherschilf ' (Skutterskelfe) held a carucate in 'Scother- 
schelf ' by the service of the twelfth part of one knight's fee, worth four 
marcs a year. 

Robert de Pottehou held three carucates (as much land as one team 
can plow in a year) in Pottehou by the service of the fourth part of one 
knight's fee, worth 12 marcs a year. 

Robert Gower held two carucates of land in Carletan, by the service 
of the sixth part of one knight's fee, worth 8 marcs a year. 

Robert Bret held a carucate in the same vill by the service of the 
twelfth part of one knight's fee, worth four marcs a year. 

William de Traneholme held a carucate in Traneholme by the service 
of the twelfth part of one knight's fee, worth four marcs a year. 

Robert de Braithewath held a carucate of land in Braithewath by the 
service of the one twelfth part of one knight's fee, worth four marcs a 
year. 

John de Meynill of Middleton held two carucates of land in Middle- 
ton by the service of the sixth part of a knight's fee, worth 8 marcs a 
year. 

Robert de Tunstall held a carucate of land in Tunstall by the service 
of the one twelfth part of one knight's fee, worth four marcs a year etc.* 

Index— Rolls of Parliament, p. 556, 1278-1503,— Isabella Maltbye, 
widow of Richard, prays recovery of certain Manors, III 520b, Richard, 
ibid. 

*Thls is but about Ualf the inquisition. 



24 IHE MAULSBY EAMILY 

Freemen of York 

From the list of freemen of York are the following be- 
longing to the Maltby name; and likewise a list of Yorkshire 
wills. 

The oldest recorded will belonging to the family is that 
of Matilda de Maltby, of Aldwerk, dated 1405. And next the 
will of John Maltby of Qwhytby* (Whitby) : 

Publication of tho Surtees Soc, Freemen of York, Eng.. Vol. I. Edw. 
III. Nich. Foukes, Mayors. 
1341— Beatricia Malteby. 
1373— Willelmus de Malteby, tailliour. 
1434— Willelmus Maltby, yoeman. 
1464-5— Willelmus Maltby, fissher. 
1468-9— Willelmus Maltby, fissher. 
1494-5— Ric. Maltby de Sineaton, fischer. 
1516— Willelmus Maltby, fissher. 
1518-19— Xpoferus Maltby, fyssher. 
1535-6 — Jacobus Mawtby, fischer, fil. 

— Willilmi Mawtby, de Ebor., fisher. 

Yorkshire Wills 
Dec. 22, 1426t— Maltby, John, Qwhytby, May 25, 1426 (completed f. 515) 

Vol. 2, 503. 
Oct. 4, 1426— Malbys, Dame Sibilla, rel. of Sir Wm. M., Kt., of Acastre 

Malbys, Adm. Vol. 2, folio 497. 
Apr. 14, 1395— Malbys, William, bur. St. Olaves, York, Apr. 5, 1395. 

Vol. 1, folio 82. 
Sep. 22. 1432— Maltby, John, Rect. of Rither, June 22, 1432. Vol. 2, 617. 
Oct. 26, 1405— Maltby, Matilda de, Aldwerk, York, fst. St. Thos. de "Her- 

fordensis Epi." 1405. Vol. 3, 238 folio. 
Feb. 13, 1453— Malteby, Thomas, Slaynton, Jan. 26, 1453. Vol. 2, p. 290. 
April 17, 1551-Maltby, James, fisher, Nov. 11, 1550. Vol. 13, 718 folio. 

»Wtiitby [White town] was founded by Oswy, king of Nortbumbria in 655, A. 
D. Here Hilda, grandniece of ICing Edwin, built her monastery, and ruled as 
abbess; and Whitby became the Westminster of tho north, and kings and nobles 
were buried there. Its seminary became the school of bishops and priests, and sev- 
eral noted men were here educated. But the name which throws the greatest glory 
over Whitby was that of Caedmon, the cow-herd, the author of the flrst great English 
song. 

Tradition says that the celebrated outlaws, Robin Hood and Little John, paid 
the abbot of Whitby a visit and each shot an arrow from the tower to a distance of 
more than a mile; and the pillars marking the spot and land enclosed are yet 
called by their name. 

fThe flrst date is that of probate. If but one date it is an administration. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 25 

Feb. 5, 1522— Maltby, William, Helmesley, gentilman, Nov. 12, 1525. 

Vol. 9, 351. 
Jan. 31, 1535— Maltbye, Wylliam, par. St. Den., York, Jun. 16, 1535. 

Vol. 11, 117. 
May 9, 1549 — Maltbie, Christofer, Thorneton in Pikeringe lieth, hus- 
bandman, Oct. 8, 1548. Vol. 13, 517. 
July 16, 1538— Maltby, William, Hull, Adm., Harthill. 
March 10, 1555— Maltbye, Robert, Orston (Nott.), Feb. 26, 1553. ' Vol. 14, 

226. 
May 10, 1565— Maltbye, William Driapole in Holderness, Feb. 1, 1564. 

Vol. 17, 424. 
Dec. 19, 1580=Maltbye, Robert, Newe Malton. May 21, 1580. Vol. 21, 

folio 515. 
Feb. 28, 1584— Maltbie, Christopher, alderman of York city. Feb. 1, 27 

Eliz. Vol. 22, folio 673. 
Feb. ult. 1593— Maltby, Agnes, Thorneton (Ridall), widow. Feb. 17, 1593. 

Vol. 25, folio 1513. 
March 1, 1593-Maltby, Roger, Thorneton (Ridall), April 6. 1593. Vol. 

251, folio 1513. 
Oct. 14, 1585 — Maltsbye, Dame Mary, widow of Christopher M., Alder- 
man of York, Aug. 31, 1585. Vol. 23, folio 106. 
Aprill7, 1591— Maltby, George and Margaret, children of Christopher M., 

Alderman of York deed. City. Aug, 31, 1585. Vol. 23, 

folio 106. 
April 25, 1594.— Maltby, John, Farnedon, Newark. 
Nov. 22, 1586— Maltbye, Margaret, of Swillington, Ainsty. 
July 6, 1586— Maltby, George, son of Christopher M., of York City. 
Dec. 20, 1602— Maltby, Wm. Hundemandby, Oct. 26, 1602. Vol. 28, folio 

824. 
Dec. 20, 1602— Maltbie, Janet, Hunmandbie, Dickering. 
Sep. 29, 1596— Maltbie, John, Robinhoodbaie, Cleveland. 
April 30, 1597— Maltbie, Mary, Dickering. 
Dec. 17, 1601 — Maltbie, Robert, Hunmandbie, Deckering. 
Aug. 5, 1614 — Maultbie als. Conyers, John, Blawgill par. Hawnbie, Nov. 

16, 1613. Vol. 33, folio 224. 
Oct. 3, 1605— Maltbie, Richard, Hunmandby, bachelor, Sep. 16, 1605. 

Vol. 29, 702. Son of Richard M., of Hunmandby, deed., 

Tui., Dickering. 
April 15, 1619— Maltby, Christopher, Cottingham, esq., Harthill. 
March, 1619- Elizabeth Maltby, Orston (Notts), widow, Oct. 22, 1639. 
1648-9, April-John Maltbie, East Retford, alderman, Oct. 6, 1647. 
Apr. 29, 1622— Maltbie, Katherine, Cawood, Amsty. 

It seems likely that the Yorkshire family of Maltby was 
the original one, and that from it the others descended. The 



26 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

will of Robt. Maltbye, of Orston, Nottinghamshire,* is re- 
corded at York, with date of Feb. 26, 1553, and there is little 
doubt that he was the ancestor of William Maltby who emi- 
grated to America. 

Parish Records 

The parish records have been preserved in England since 
Sept. 29, 1538, when Thomas Cromwell, Vicar General, issued 
an order for the keeping of registers. 

In 1555 Cardinal Pole required that the names of spon- 
sors be added to the registers of baptisms. Again, in Oct. 
25, 1597, an order was issued by Elizabeth that they be tran- 
scribed on parchment, and minute regulations for their pre- 
servation were given. Some of these have been published. 

From the published records of Nottingham Parish Reg- 
isters, edited by W. P. W. Phillimore and John Standish, 
1898, the following has been extracted:— 

Only the marriages so far have been published from the four follow- 
ing volumes of Orston records of the church of St. Mary the Virgin: 

Vol. I. Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1590—1640. 

Vol. II. Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1654—1673. 

Vol. III. Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1702 — 1711. 

Vol. V. Marriages and banns, 1754—1812. 

Vol. I consists of 29 leaves, and the last five have become tattered and 
eaten away. Pages are A}i in. x 12. 

Three entriest at the foot of the first page, dated 1584, 1587 and 1589, 
give the baptisms of Anna, Abigail and Johannes, children of Hugh 
Maltbie. 

"The Maltby 's have for centuries been one of the principal families 
of Orston." 

In Vol. II, there is a gap in the weddings from 1640-60. 

In Vol. Ill, twenty-one years are missing (from 1681—1702). 

Unfortunately, during these missing years William and Mary Maltby 
were married. 

From the published records (marriage) of Orston, Nottinghamshire, 
Church of St. Mary the Virgin: 

From Tarndon Parish, John Maltbie and Eliz. Greaves, 30 July, 1582. 

'Nottingham wills are kept at the Probate office, Queen Street, Nottingham, 
and the charge is Is. for seeing one.— C. W. Maltby. 

tThis entry is the only one whtch in date precedes the opening of the Orston 
recordB, and is given with notes on the records by the editor of the volume. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 27 

Abigail Maltbie and Wm. Taber, Oct. 22, 1620. 

Anthonie Maltbie and Phillipe Challand, Feb. 21, 1627. 

William Maultby and Isabel! Pepper, April 17, 1627. 

John Maultby and Elizabeth Blount, June 24, 1628. 

William [.?] and Eliz. [?], Aug. 3, 1628. 

Elizabeth Maltbie and Rich. Challand, Nov. 23, 1629. 

Dorothie Maltbie and Henry Wossingcrip [.^], June 9, 1629. 

Ann Maltbie and Thomas Wright, by vicar of Orston in Elton Church, 
July 6, 1670. 

John Maltby and Anne Kirk, Feb 4, 1710. 

John Maultby and Elizabeth Cook, Nov. 18, 1736. 

Elizabeth Maltby and George Oldershaw, July 1, 1745. 

William Maultby and Eliz. Hill, Aug. 4, 1746. 

Ann Maltby and Thomas Weat, March 6, 1753. 

William Maltby and Ellen Bring, Dec. 15, 1757. 

Mary Maltby and John Kirk, March 23, 1768. 

William Maltby and Sarah Taylor, June 4, 1771. 

Catherine Maltby lie. and Thos. Marshall, Dec. 9, 1777. 

John Maltby and Sarah Pepper, w., Dec. 15, 1777. 

Ann Maltby and William Bean, Apr. 27, 1779. 

Ann Maltby and John Green, 1872. 

John Maltby and Sarah Wawn, Feb. 13, 1783. 

Thomas Maltby and Eliz. Breedon, lie, July, 2, 1791. 

William Maltby, w., and Eliz. Bagnly[?], w., Feb. 20, 1804. 

William Maltby, v^., and Mary Taylor, w., April 4, 1809. 

Musgraves obituary records: — 

Maltby, Thomas, Lakenham Grove, Norfolk, 16 March, 1788. (E. M. 
232, G. M. 277). 

Maltby, Thomas, of New Court, Swithins Lane, 16 Feb., 1791. (E. 
M. 239, G. M. 190.) 

For the following records of births and burials I am 
greatly indebted to C. W. Maltby and to the Rector of Ors- 
ton, Rev. Thomas W. Swann: 

The First Volume of the Parish Register of Orston, in the County 
of Nottingham, consists of 29 leaves of parchment, 12 x 4?, inches, and 
commences:— "A register book for Orston [Anno] Domini 1590; Wed- 
dings, Burialls and Christeninges eod. anno." Portions of pages have 
been rendered illegible by damp, and the last five leaves, besides being 
affected by damp, are largely eaten away by mice, only odd entries and 
portions of entries being kept. 

At the bottom of page 1 (the year 1590) are three earlier entries re- 
lating to the Maltby family: — 



28 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

1584. —Anna Maltbye the daughter of Hugh Maltby was baptized the xx 

day of December Anno domini 1584. 
1587.— Abigaell Maltbye filia p"dt Hugoins bapt. 15° die Junij ano 1587. 
1589.— Johannnes Maltby filius p'^dicti Hugonis bapt. xviij° die Septemb. 

anno domini 1589. 
1592. — Petrus Maltbye filins Hugonis Maltbye baptiz. 15° die Junij anno 

suprad. 
1595. — Willmus Maltby son of Hugh Maltby was baptized the fourth of 

Aprill anno domini suprad'. 
1599.— John Maultby buried ye first day of March ano pM'. 
1600.— Elizabethe Maltby filia Hugonis Malty baptizat' xxvjth day of 

September anno dom pred. ' 
1604. —Thomas Maltby filius Hugonis Maultby baptizat' nono die mensis 

Junij anno dom' 1604. 
1605. — Johannis Maltby banc vitam reliquit quinto die mensis Junij anno 

dom 1605. 
1618 — Widow Maltbie was buryed the second day of May 1618. 
1620.— Thomas Maltbie banc vitam reliquit Vicessimo quarto die mensis 

Aprilis 1620. 
1627. — Anthonie Maultbie the sonne of Anthonie Maultbie was baptiz: 

the 28th of July: 1627. 
1627.— Anne Maultbie the wife of Anthonie was buried the 27th of August 

1627. 
1627. — Anthonie Maultbie the sonne of Anthonie Maultbie was buried ye 

7° of Februarie 1627. 
1627. — Anthonie Maultbie and Phillippe Challand was married ye 21th of 

Februarie Anno Dni 1627. 
1628.— Elizabeth Maultbie ye daughter of Anthonie Maultbie was bap- 
tized ye 28th of Deceb^ 
1629:— William Maultbie ye sonne of John Maultbie was baptiz: ye 5th 

day of Septem. 
1629. — Anne Maltbie ye wife of John Maltbie was buried ye 5th day of 

September. 
1629. — William Maultbie sonne of John Maultbie was buried ye 21th daye 

of October. 
1630.— Katherine Maultbie ye daughter of Anthonie Maultbie was bap- 
tized ye 19th of Septemb^ 
1631. — John Maultbie the sonne of John Maultbie was baptized the 29th 

Noveb''. 
1632.— Thomas Maultbie the sonne of Anthonie Maultbie was baptized the 

10th of Februarie. 
1632. —Thomas Maultbie was buried ye 14th of Februarie. 
1633. — Elizabeth Maultbie the daughter of John Maultbie and Marie his 

wife was baptized ye 7th of Aug: 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 29 

1633.— Hugh Maultie was buried ye 9th of March. 

1633. —Abigail Maultbie the daughter of Anthonie Maultbie and Phillip 

his wife bap: ye 11th of March. 
[Here commence the faded and mouse-eaten last five leaves.] 
1634. — Anne Maultbie the daughter of Joh: Maultbie & Marie his wife 

was baptized the 7th of Decemb. 
1636. — [Eaten away] Maltbie was buried ye 24th of Jul: 
1636. — Henrie Maltbie the sonne of Anthonie Maltbie and Phillipp his wife 

was baptiz. ye 15th of Octbr. 
1636. —Hugh Maltbie ye sonne of John [hole] Marie his wife was baptiz. 

[hole], 

1636.— Elizabeth Maultbie was buried ye [ ] of [?March] 

1637.— Elizabeth Maltbie [ ] Maultbie was buried ye [ ] 

1638.— Hugh Maltby [ ] his wife was baptized [ ]. 

1638. — Hugh Maltby the sonne of [ ] his wife was buried the 19th day 

of January. 

1639.— Mary [John] Maltby [— ] was bap [ Jan]uary. 

1639. — Mary the daughter of John Moltby and Mary his wife was buried 

the 26 of January. 

[This Volume apparently ends with the year 1640, so there is a gap 
of thirteen years between this and the next book.] 

The Second Volume of Orston Register consists of thirteen parchment 
leaves, and contains entries between the year 1654 and the end of 1673. 
The first leaf, which contains \\ pages of entries down to 1659, is worm 
eaten and much damaged by damp, only half of the entries being legible. 
The following are the only Maltby entries to be found in this small vol- 
ume. 

1662. — Thomas son of John Maltby was buryed the 27th day of October. 
1669.— Peter Maltby the son of Widdow Maltby was buryed the 24 day of 

November. 
1669. — John Maltby was buryed the the {sic) 13th day of January. 

[This register ends with the burial of John Challand, 2 March, 1673]. 

The Third Volume of Orston Register commences with the baptism 
of Thomas, son of William Calcroft, 21 July, 1702. 
1714.— William son of John Maltby bapt. Aprill 25t. 
1716.— Elisabeth da: of John Maltby Bapt. Oct. 15. 
1717.— Hugh son of John Maltby baptizd Febr. ye 4t. 
1718.— William Maltby Gent. Sepult Octob"- ye 4t. 
1721.— Anne Maltby buried March ye 30th, 
1721.— Catherine Maltby Sepult lit of Novemb^ 
1724.— Hugh son of John Maltby bapt Sept ye 13t. 
1724. -Mrs. Jane Maltby Sepult Novemb^ 6t. 
1725.— George son of John & Mary Maltby baptizd Jan ye 15th. 



30 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

1725.— Mary da: of Peter Maltby baptizd Jan ye 27th. 

1727. — Stephen son of Peter Maltby baptisd Jan. ye 1st. 

1728.— Anne da: of John Maltby baptized ye 30th of Aprill. 

1729.— Hugh Maltby son of John Maltby Sepult Apr. ye 18th. 

1730.— Hugh son of John Maltby bap. Sept. 13th. 

1732.— Mary da: of John Maltby bapt. July ye 18th. 

1732.— Hugh son of Peter & Avis Maltby bapt. Nov. 17th. 

1734.— George son of John Maltby bapt. Nov. 21. 

1734.— Mary Maltby sepult Nov. 25 1. 

1735. -Catherine Daugh: of Peter Maltby Sepult: Nov'"^ 6. 

1736. — John son of Peter and Avice Maultby baptized July 18th. 

1736. — William Son of John and Mary Maultby was Baptized October the 

14th. 
1738. -Elizabeth Daughter of Peter & Avice Maultby Bap-^ Aug^' 11th. 
1739.— Mary, Daughter of John Maultby Buried June 3d. 
1740.— Katharine Daughter of Peter & Avice Maultby Bap"* Feb>' 7th. 
1740. — Katharine Maultby infant Buried February 17th. 
1742.— Avis the Wife of Peter Maltby was buried Oct" ye 5th. 
1746.— William the son of William & Eliz. Maltby, Bapt. Nov. 9. 
1747.— Elizabeth the Dr. of Peter Maltby buried March 30. 
1747.— Thomas the Son of Peter Maltby *Illegit. Bapt. Aug. 2. 
1747.— John the son of Wm. & Eliz. Maltby Bapt. Jan, 5. 
1747.— John the son of Wm. & Eliz. Maltby buried Jan. 7. 
1747.— Mary the Dr. of Peter Maltby Buried Feb. 13. 
1748.— Mary the Dr. of John & Mary Maltby Bapt. May 30. 
.1748.— John the Son of William & Eliz. Maltby Bapt. Oct. 29. 
1748.— Peter Maltby Buried Jan. 27. 
1749.— Stephen Maltby a Servant Buried Oct. 29. 
1750.— George the Son of John & Mary Maltby, Bapt. Oct. 14. 

N. B. It should be borne in mind that in and after the fourteenth 
century, the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Legal year, which was used by the 
Church, and in all public instruments, commenced on the 25th of March, 
and so continued until the 1st of January 1752. Hence in the foregoing 
register, January, February and March [to 24th] in each year follow after 
December. 

The foregoing extracts are exact copies of the entries in the original 
Register in the custody of the Rev. Thomas W. Swann, M.A., Vicar of 
Orston, and have been made by me, 

John T. Godfrey. 
Nottingham, March, 1908. 

*Thi.s term sometimes means baptized by a dissenting minister— hence "il- 
legally baptized" according to the church.— Arthur M. Gates, Latin Fellow, Johns 
Hopkins University, 1908. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 31 

Other Branches of the Maltby Family 

There are at least two other branches of the Maltby fam- 
ily in America: — The first of these is descended from William 
Maltby, Esq. , born 1645, who with his brother John emigrated 
to New England about 1666. 

John Maltby, of New Haven, m. Mary, dau. of Richard Bryan, of 
Milford, had John and Mary, and was lost atsea, 1676. June 10, an invent, 
of £58. Had a prefix of respect and was probably a valuable man. 
Mary m. Rev. J. Fordham. William, Branford, 1667, in 1673 was cornet of 
the New Haven troop and left descendants. — Am. Biography. 

Sarah Davenport first married Capt. Wm. Maltby, of New Haven. 
Three children. Their son. Rev. John Maltby, graduated at Yale, 1747. 

Wm. Maltby married, first, Hannah , and second, Abigail, daughter 

of the Deputy Governor (of Conn.), James Bishop, and left the fol- 
lowing children: — 

1. Jane, who married Mar. 4, 16|*,o-, David Palmer, 6 Apr., 1668. 

2. John, m. Aug. 13, 1696, Hannah Lord. 

3. Mary, b. May 1, 1672. 

4. William, b. Jan. 9. 1673, m. Eliz. dau. of John Morris. 

5. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 30, 1676, m. Abraham Hoadley, Mar. 14, 169|. 

6. Daniel, b. May 19, 1679, m. Esther Moss, Oct. 27, 1702 (second 
wife) . 

7. Samuel, b. Aug. 7, 1693, m. Elizabeth Parker, Dec. 8, 1715. 

8. Jonathan, b. July 26, 1698, m. Mrs. Sarah Potter, Sept. 25, 1719. 
This branch of the family is now being traced by Mrs. Clarence 

Verrill, of Soulsbyville, California, who is likewise Secretary of the 
"Maltby Association, " of which Mr. George E. Maltby, of Phila., is presi- 
dent. 

The second branch of the family, one that seems to be 
closely akin to our own, is descended from William and Jane 
Maltby, of Orston, Nottinghamshire. 

We publish their genealogy in part, as compiled by Prof. 
E. M. Blake, of the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. 
See Appendix. 

From the Dictionary of Biography we take the following: 

Edward Maltby [see appendix], bishop of Durham, was born in the 
parish of St. George, Norwich, April 6, 1770. He was conspicuous for 
his Greek scholarship. In his 86th year he was retired by a special act 
of Parliament on a pension of £4500 a year. He died in his 90th year at 
4 Portland Place, London. His portrait, painted by Sir Wm. Beechey in 
1832, is at Durham. 



32 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

William Maltby, a cousin of the above (1763-1854), was born in Lon- 
don. Was a life-long friend of Samuel Rogers, and with him made an 
assault on Johnson's door and fled before the irate countenance and voice 
of thunder that met them there. He was a lawyer and bibliographer.— 
English Biographies. 

Bishop Maltby refused the archbishopric of Canterbury. He was the 
last of the "prince bishops." 

He was granted arms in 1829. The family were of Yorkshire origin. 

George Maltby, bi'other of Bishop Maltby, died in Baltimore. He 
was owner of the "Maltby House." His gravestone contains the follow- 
ing: "A Memorial to Mr. George Maltby, a native of Norwich in Great 
Britan, who departed this life near the city of Baltimore, U.S.A., in the 
45th year of his age, A. D. 1807." "He met with a fatal accident." 
Sept. 17 (?). He was born Sep. 26, 1765. [His age given above is not 
correct.— Prof. E. M. Blake.] 

Captain, afterwards Sir Nicholas, Maltby was in Ulster in 1575, and 
later we find him stationed there as military governor of Connaught.— 
Bagwell's Ireland under the Tudors, p. 338, 340-344, Vol. H. 

Weldrake refers to Richard Maulsby's reconstructing a fortress in 
the time of King John. [Notes have been lost.] 




WILLIAM AND MARY MALTBY 

Authentic History 

"Push inquiry to the birth and springtime of our state." 

THE beginning of our authentic connected history dates 
from the time when William Maltby of the little town 
of Orston, in Nottinghamshire, became a convert to 
Quakerism. It was during a season of stress and storm in 
England, of struggle against political oppression and religious 
intolerance, that the early Friends arose, and suffered perse- 
cution with other religous dissenters for the right to live and 
worship in freedom, each one according to the dictates of his 
own conscience. 

In Nottinghamshire, George Fox made his first convert 
and was there first imprisoned. In his " Journal" he tells of 
"going down into Nottinghamshire and finding there a 'ten- 
der people, " and later, "that the mighty power of God was 
then amongst Friends. ' ' 

It is likely that he won early recognition also, for, per- 
haps, his earliest legal victory was the establishment there of 
the legality of Friend's Marriages in 1661. (Cropper's Not- 
tinghamshire. ) 

William Maltby was one of the early converts to Quak- 
erism, and during the years that followed the special acts is- 
sued for their repression he suffered* with them. 

In that quaint old book, "Besse's Sufferings of Friends," 
the following records occur: 

"May 28th, 1676, William Maultby, of Orston. -For a meeting held 
about the same Time at the house of Rowland Dabney, they took from 

*By the Conventicle Aet of l(iG4, all persons who met in greater numbers than five, 
for any religious worship save that of the Comraon Prayer, were punished with fine, 
imprisonment and transportation on a third ollence. A return or escape from ban- 
ishment was punished by death. 

(33) 



34 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Edward Richardson, of Kilverton, a Blacksmith, not only his Hay and 
Corn, but also his Bedding, his Children's apparel and even the working 
Tools and Utensils of his Trade, to the Value of 16 1. 

"And from William Maultby, Robt. Bullivant and John Smith they 
took goods to the amount of 1 1 15s." 

And two months earlier: 

"The 28th day of the 3d moneth, 1676. For being at a peacable Meet- 
ing at Rowland Dabney's house, William Maulby of Orston had 7 Strike 
of Barley taken from him worth about 17s. by Warrant from Robert 
Thornton called Justice. Christopher Dent and Robert Wycam Informers, 
taken by William Dawson, constable and Hugh Lamb, Officer." 

And again in 1676: 

"Goods were taken from William Maulsby and two others valued at 
;{:il5s.." 

In Oct. 1685: "for a meeting at Sleanor goods were taken from Rich- 
ard Malsby valued at ;^0 6s 8 pence." 

In 1694 "William Maultby* of Estwood (Meeting) in the County of 
Nottingham had hay and a goose taken from him to the value of 5s by 
Peter Lolly well priest of the Towne aforesaid." 

Last record from book of ' 'Sufferings of Friends of Derby- 
shire," beginning 1661. Now at Fritchley. Kindness of 
Gilbert Cope. 

Our English Home 

The village of Orston, Nottinghamshire, is a very short 
distance from Elton station on the Great Northern Railway. 
It is 114 >^ miles from London, and 12 miles from Notting- 
ham, Q]i miles northeast of Bingham. t 

St. Mary's Church, Orston, is ancient, being a mixture of 
the Norman and perpendicular styles, and comprises chancel, 
clerestoried nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and low 
Norman tower, in which are four bells and clock. Services 
on Sunday twice a day. It is principally seated with chairs. 
There is a school in the village. The living is a vicarage, 
good house with the chapelry of Thoroton, about a mile away, 

♦This was probably Wm. Maltby the emigrant, probably son of the former 
Wm.Maltby. At this time he seems to have been a yeoman or farmer. 

Other "sufferers" of Eastwood were William Day and Luke Hanke. The latter 
doubtless the ancestor of John Hanke of the Plymouth Settlement, who was prob- 
ably the child friend of John Maltesby, both belonging to Eastwood Meeting. 

f'All the world and Bingham," is an old Nottinghamshire saying; originating 
perhaps in an old sign telling that goods would be delivered to all parts of the world 
and to Bingham. 




In Orston Village, Nottinghamshire 




Churcli of St. Mary the Virgin 

Orston, Nottinghamshire 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 35 

annexed in the patronage and chapter of Lincoln. There is 
also a Wesleyan Chapel, but no Quaker meeting-house. The 
Orston Register dates from 1589. In the churchyard are 
several very nice trees; there are some fine yews. It is well 
kept. There are several grave stones in it, to the memory of 
some Maltbys, who died -1754, 1760, 1762, 1763, 1783, 1784, 
1788, 1828, 1846, and others of more recent date. There is a 
spa of mineral water near the village, said to be a good 
remedy for scorbutic complaint. Earl Manvers is Lord of 
the Manor. 

Belvoir Castle, the seat of His Grace the Duke of Ruth- 
land, is about six miles from here. His son, the Marquis of 
Granby, attained his majority a few weeks ago, when there 
was great rejoicing. 

From letter of C. W. Maltby, Oct. 23, 1907, Chestnut 
House, Orston, Nottinghamshire. 
Also from a later letter: 

The population of Orston parish in 1891 was 408, and in 1901, 370. 
Farming is the principal employment for the men of the parish. Several 
of the females do lace clipping, which they receive almost daily from 
Nottingham. 

There is gypsum in the parish, and plaster of Paris is manufactured 
there. 

Eastwood is 8 1/2 miles beyond Nottingham, 20 1/2 miles from Orston. 

The older Maltby stones in the churchyard are illegible. The follow- 
ing and others are also there: 

"Here lies the body of Elizabeth Maltby, died Oct. 29, 1754, aged 29 
years." 

"Here lieth the body of John Maltby, who departed this life May 9, 
1762, aged 80 years." 

"Elinor Maltby, wife of William Maltby, died March 5, 1763, aged 29 
years." 

"Here lies the body of Mary Maltby, wife of John Maltby, who de- 
parted this life June 24, 1769, aged 54 years." 

"In memory of John Maltby, who departed this life August 4th, 1781, 
aged 69 years." 

"WiUiam Maltby, who departed this life Oct. 26, 1783, aged 68 years. " 

"Sacred to the memory of George Maltby. Died May 24, 1846. In 
the 96th year of his age." 

"In affectionate remembrance of George Maltby, who died March 19, 



36 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

1868; aged 48 years. Clayton, his son, died Oct. 17, 1880, in his 18th 
year." 

"In loving memory of Charles, son of George and Elizabeth Maltby. 
Born Sept. 8th, 1865, died Dec. 15th, 1900." 

The Emigrant 

William Maltby, of Orston, Nottingham, attended meet- 
ing at Rowland Dabney's house, and was probably a member 
of Eastwood Friends meeting, where an early record says 
"there was a monthly meeting." 

Our records however have been preserved by Chester- 
field Monthly Meeting. 

They give the death of Mary Maltby, wife of William 
Maltby, "*1706/7. 12. 6." and her burial at Breach. These are 
supposed to be the parents of William Maltby, the emigrant 
to America, and this William is doubtless the one first spoken 
of in "Besse's Sufferings." 

We have no further record of him. Possibly after his 
wife's death he followed his son's family to America.! 

This same register (Chesterfield) gives the birth of Wil- 
liam Maltby in 1705, a son of Thomas and Rebecca Maltby — 
so that there were other members of the family who were 
Quakers. 

Possibly this Thomas was the brother of William Maltby 
the emigrant to America. 

Also:— "William Moltby [theemigrant] of Orson [Orston], 
county of Notts, married Mary Roades, of Ripley, in the 
County of Derby, 5th mo. 9th, 1689." 

They were members of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, 
and from the Register of Marriages and Births of this 
meeting, now at Somerset House, London, their marriage 
certificate has been obtained and is — 

"Certified to be an Extract from the Register or Record numbered 
Society of Friends 381, and entitled A Register of Marriages and Births 

*This date is written according to the Friends' method. The year expressed 
Iractionally means 170^', "Old" or New Style." The following dates are months and 
days and are usually written in this order in English records. 

fThere is a record of the marriage of a William Maultby in Philadelphia in 1728, 
Nov. 12, but it does not seem likely that it is his. 



• n 



o ^ 




THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 37 

formerly kept by the Society of Friends at the Monthly Meeting of Ches- 
terfield in the County of Derby, and to be a true copy of an Entry con- 
tained therein." 

The Certificate 
The 9th day of the 7th month in the year 1689. This may satisfie 
all whom it may concern, that this day William Maltby of Orson in the 
County of Nottingham and Mary Roades of Ripley in the County of 
Derby did this day joyn themselves in marriage saying I William Maltby 
in the feare of the Lord take Mary Roades to be my wife, promising her 
to be a tender, loving and faithfull husband during the term of this life. 
And I Mary Roades did in like manner at the same tim did take the said 
William Maltby in the feare of the Lord to be my husband and in the as- 
sembly of his peopoll did promise to be unto him a faithfull, diligent and 
loving wife so long as it shall please the Lord to live together. 
We whose names are hereunder: 

William Wooly Sarah Day 

John Ball Mary Tantum 

Willliam Kirtland Elizabeth Roades 

Robt. Ryley Sarah Dawes 

Joseph Storer Hannah Cowper 

Anne Willson Elizabeth Kirtland 

Dorothy England Katrine Storer 

Martha Sarsson Katherrine widowhunter 

The following are the two columns to the left: 

John Roades Thomas Farnsworth 

John Cooke William Dawes 

Luke ffolke ffrancis Masham 

Thomas Smith Richeard Dawson 

John Silkok William Day 

John Dawes Joseph Potter 

Phillip Taylor John Ouldham 

Edward Dawes ffranck Tantum 

William and Mary Maltby, as was often the case in those 
days, did not sign their own marriage certificates. The wit- 
nesses signed in five columns. The mother, Elizabeth 
Roades, signs in the right-hand column. The father, John 
Roades, signs first in the left-hand column. 

The family name in the Friends Records is spelled:— 
Maltsby, Maultsby and Maltby. [Isaac Sharpe.] 

Mary Roads (or Roades), of Ripley, in the County of 
Derby, was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Roades, and 
was born 11 mo. 30, 1662, being the second of a large family 



38 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

of children, of whom Adam, born 1660, was the older brother. 

Her brothers, Adam and John, had been early settlers of 
Pennsylvania, having settled at Darby in 1684. Proud says, 
"they had a religious meeting regularly fixed at Darby" 
(1682), and gives among the first and early settlers "Edmund 
Cartlidge, Thomas Hood, John Bartram (father of the bota- 
nist) and Adam Rhoads, who all came from Derbyshire, in 
England." 

William and Mary Maltby settled at 

Eastwood 

Eastwood [Estwood, Eastwayt, Estewic, Eswaicte], or 
St. Mary's Eastwood, is a parish in Notts, 9 miles N. W. by 
W. from Nottingham, containing 2184 inhabitants. There is 
a cattle fair held there annually. 

Some of the inhabitants are engaged in stocking weav- 
ing. 

There is coal in the parish that is mined at a depth of 
from five to fifty yards below the surface. 

It was one of the early Quaker neighborhoods. 

When the members of the clergy were called on in 1669 
to report meetings in their neighborhoods, Thomas Howitt, 
curate, reports from Eastwood— "There is a monthly meet- 
ing of Quakers at this place. The number of persons that 
attend are sometimes forty, more or less." 

This Thomas Howitt himself became a Friend and was 
the paternal ancestor of the famous Nottinghamshire family 
of that name. 

The father of Mary Maltby, John Roades, with most of 
his children, finally settled in or near Philadelphia. No doubt 
profiting by the accounts sent home from the brothers and 
friends already there, William Maltby decided to go first to 
America and procure a home for his rapidly increasing little 
family. We have no record of his coming, but from the fol- 
lowing deed we find he was already here in the latter part of 
the summer of 1698. 




Interior of Chesterfield Meeting 




Chesterfield Meeting-House, England 

Built, 1697; Repaired, 1770; New Front, 1800 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 39 

Deed, August 6, 1698 

To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, JameS Shattick of 
the County of Philadelphia and Province of Pennsylvania, Baker, sends 
greetings, etc. Whereas James Claypoole and Robert Turner, two of 
the Commissioners appointed by Willaim Penn, proprietory and Governor 
of Pennsylvania, by patent sixteenth day of the seventh month, 1686, 
did grant unto John Claypoole all that Lott of Land situate between the 
Second and Third Streets from Delaware River in Philadelphia aforesaid, 
containing in Breadth forty foot, and in length one hundred seventy and 
Eight foot. Bounded Northward with the back of the High [Market] 
Street Lots, Eastward with a Vacant Lot (now Joseph Rainsted Lott), 
southward with the Street called Chestnut Street and the Westward 
with John Boults Lott. And Whereas the sd John Claypoole by Inden- 
ture the fifth Day of the seventh Month, 1689, did grant unto the said 
James Shattick the above described Lot of Land, etc. Now know ye 
that I James Shattick for the Consideration of one hundred and fifty 
pounds of lawful silver money of the said Province of Pennsylvania to me 
in hand paid by William Maltby, late of the Kingdom of England but 
now of Philadelphia aforesaid. Baker, — do grant the above described 
Lott of land. Signed the thirty first day of the Sixth month called 
August and in the tenth year of the Reign of King William the third 
over England etc. Annoque Dom. 1698. 
In Presence of. Signed, WM 

Michael Blunston* the mark of William Maltby. 

John Wood 

Francis Cooke 

(Philadelphia Deeds, Book D 18, Page 499). 

A few months later, about Jan. , 1699, Mary Maltby fol- 
lowed her husband to America. Her father and sister and 
two younger brothers probably accompanied her, sailing on 
the ship "Bristol Merchant," of which John Stevens was 
captain. Her little son, born on shipboard, was given the 
name Merchant, from the vessel that carried them safely over. 

In the Chestnut street home that they found awaiting 
them they began the new life, with bright prospects, and 
surrounded here also by many kindred and friends. 

The children of William Maltby and Mary his wife, as re- 

*Jolin and Michael Blunston came from Derbyshire, England, In 1G82, and set- 
tled at Darby, Pa. They belonged to the same Friends' meeting in England as the 
Roades family. Adam Roades married the daughter of John Klunston. Michael's 
2nd wife was an eminent minister. He died in 1730. He left £80, "to be employed 
in entertaining honest Friends," and £50 "to school the children of poor Friends of 
Darby Meeting." 



40 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

corded in the Friends Records at Race St., Philadelphia, are 
as follows: 

Records 

John Maltby, son of William and Mary Maltby, was 
born in the Parish of Estwood, in the county of Nottingham 
in Old England, the 4th day of 3d mo., in the year 1690. 

Mary Maltby, daughter of William and Mary Maltby, 
was born in the Parish and county above said, the 7th of 1st 
mo., 1692. 

Elizabeth Maltby, daughter of William and Mary Maltby, 
was born in the Parish and county above said, the 25th of the 
10th mo., 1694. 

William Maltby, son of William and Mary Maltby, was 
born in the Parish of Estwood in the county of Nottingham, 
the 18th day of October, 1695. (8th mo., old style.) 

Merchant Maltby, son of William and Mary Maltby, was 
born at sea in y' ship called the Bristol Merc""', the 7th of 
11th mo., 1698/9. 

David Maltby, son of William and Mary Maltby, was 
born in Philadelphia, the 20th of 1st mo., IHf. 

William Maltby, the father of the above children, died 8th 
mo. 14th, 1699, and was buried in Philadelphia.* 

There is a slight difference between the recorded dates 
of the births of the family here and, in England, but we have 
accepted the one recorded here as correct.* 

On the 14th day of 8 mo. (Oct.), 1699, William Maltby 
died, and was buried in Philadelphia. 

During the summer the yellow fever had raged in the 
city and the mortality had been great (seven or eight dying 
in a day) . Thomas Story, who arrived here the same year, 
says: "Great was the Majesty and Hand of the Lord, great 
was the fear that fell upon all flesh. I saw no lofty or airy 
countenance, nor heard any vain jesting to move men to 

♦English records of birth give— John Maltsby, b. 1693/4, Mary, 1091/2. 11. 8; also 
1691/2. 11. 10; and also 1692. 11. 8. The last entry of course should be to agree with 
the others— 1691. 11. 8. In these three entries the name is spelled Maltsby. Maultsby, 
and Maltby. Elizabeth, b. 1691. 10. 25; William, b. 1695. 8. 18. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 41 

laughter; nor witty repartee, to raise mirth; nor extravagant 
feasting, to excite the lusts and desires of the flesh above 
measure; but every face gathered paleness, and many hearts 
were humbled, and countenances fallen and meek as such 
that waited every moment to be summoned to the bar, and 
numbered to the grave." 

Amongst those numbered was William Maltby, and the 
bright prospects of the little family were shrouded in gloom. 
His will, made three days before his death, is as follows: 

The 11th day of ye 6th month, 1699. 

I WilUam Maltby of Philadelphia in 'Ponsilvania' backer being of a 
sound mind and perfect memory doe make and ordain this my last will 
and testament in manner and form following. 

First I give and bequeath my soule into the hand of Almighty God 
hoping that through my blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to receive 
free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins. 

And as for my body to be buried in desient manor at the discretion of 
my Executrix hereafter nominated. 

Item I give unto Mary, my dear wife, all my houses, land, tenements 
and goods what so ever thats mine for the bringing up of my children 
wholy at her dispose iforever and my desire is that her brother Adam 
Roads be an Assistant in what she shall have ocation and my will is that 
she may pay all my debts. I make her sole Executrix of this my last 
Will and Testament in Witness thereof I have hereto set my hand and 
seal ye Day and year first above written. 

Signed, Sealed and acknowledged the mark of 

in the presence of us WM 

Witnesses of Will: Filpot, att. William Maltby 

Richard Gone, 
John Roades, att. 

Phila. Wills, 1699, No. 4, Book B, 7. [Proved 5th Nov., 1699.] 

William Maltby 's mark was his initials "WM." Many 
of the early emigrants signed with a similar mark of entwined 
initials. 

Endorsed: 

Province of Pennsylvania 5 November 1699 personally appeared be- 
fore me Patrick Robinson secry the within named Mary Maltby executrix 
within named and exhibited unto ye Secris offse ye within as ye last will 
and testament of William Maltby her husband deceased and did attest to 
being in [ ?'\ Inventorie and execute ye same and produced the within named 
William Philpot and Richard Roades who did also attest yat yey saw ye 



42 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

within William Maltby, sign seal publish and declare ye within to be his 
last will and testament and yt they signed and saw Richard Gone sign, 
witness yreto and yt at ye doing yreof he was of a sound and disposing 
mind memorie and judgment to ye best of yr knowledge. 

Pat. Robinson, Sec. 

Probate — William Penn absolute proprietor and governor of ye pro- 
vince of Pennsylvania and ye Territories yreunto belonging. To all to 
whom yese presents shall come Greeting: Know ye that att Philadelphia 
in ye sd province upon ye day and date of yese presents was proved ap- 
proved and insinuated [?] ye lastwill and testament of William Maltby de- 
ceased to yese presents having whilst he lived and att ye time of 

his decease goods rights and credits in divers places within ye sd province 
and ye Territories yreunto belonging. By means whereof ye full dis- 
position of all and singular ye goods rights and credits of ye sd William 
Maltby deceased and ye granting of ye administration of them as also ye 
hearing of acconpt calculation and reckoning of ye sd administration and 
ye final discharge and disposition of ye same unto me alone solie and not 
unto another inferior Judge are manifestlie known to belong and ye ad- 
ministrations of all and singular ye goods, rights and credits of ye sd 
William Maltby deceased was granted unto Mary Maltby his widdow 
Executrix in ye last will and testament named chiefly of well and truly 
administering ye same and making a true and perfect inventorie and 
conscionable appraisement of all and singular ye goods, rights, and 
credits of ye sd William Maltby deceased and exhibiting ye same unto ye 

Secry office of ye sd province at and upon ye sd day of December 

next being solemnly attested. 

Witness Wm. Markham* ye Dt. Govr of ye sd province and ye seal 
yre of ye fifth day of Nov. Anno Domino 1699. 

Pat. RoBiNSON, Secre. 

This will was copied from the original document, which 
is accompanied by a bond of great length, not decipherable 
owing to the spreading of the ink. 

As far as one can tell it is a bond of Mary Maultby to 
Wm. Markham, as Executrix to the Estate of William 
Maultby, security for proper administration: 

Know all men by these prsts That Wee Mary Maltby exrx of Wm. 
Maltby, deced and Adam Rodes of Pennsill'ania are held firmly bound to 

*Wm. Markham, Perm's cousin, and first Deputy Governor. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 



43 



Wm. Markham, esqr., Lt. Gov. of ye sd Province in ye penal Sum of three 

hundred pounds, etc. etc. 

Witness my hand and seal ye 5th of Nov. 1699. 

Mary Maultby, 
Adam Roades. 



^^^ (^o-clM 



Sealed and delivered 
in presence of us, 
Pat. Robinson, 

Sec'ry. 
Wm. Loceston. 







David Maltby, the youngest son of William and Mary 
Maltby, was born in Phila., the 20th of 1st mo., V^%%, almost 
five months after his father's death. The youngest son was 
called "ThePhiladelphian."* 

' '6 mo. 27, 1703, a paper of condemnation from Mary 
Maltsby concerning her going to a marriage which was per- 
formed contrary to the order of Truth" was read and accepted 
in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. 

On January 20, 1704/5, Mary, widow of William Maltby, 
made over to her brothers, Adam Roades of Darby, and Ed- 
ward Dawes, in trust for her children, the tenement and lot 
forty-four by one hundred and seventy-eight feet on the north 
side of Chestnut St. Edward Dawes soon after died, and on 
January 13, 1715, Adam Roades, the surviving trustee, con- 
veyed the property to her oldest son, John Maultsby. (Phila- 
delphia Deeds, Book D 18, page 500) . 

"11 mo. 30, 1704/5, David Williams, of the township of 
Plymouth [Whitemarsh] and county of Philadelphia, yeoman, 
and Mary Maultsby were married" in Philadelphia. No one 



*ln imitation no doubt of the name given to the son of the Proprietor, born in 
Philadelphia, who was their neighbor in the "Slate Roofed House" on Second St. 



44 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

by the name of Maulsby* signed the certificate, but amongst 
the witnesses were: Adam, John and Jacob Roades, her 
brothers, Edward Dawes her brother-in-law, David Harry 
and forty others. 

Thomas Chalkley, the eminent Friends' Minister, was 
present and signed the marriage certificate. 

The full list follows: 

Richard Hill, Joseph Wilcox, Tho. Chalkley, Henry Willis, Rees 
Thomas, Antho. Morris, Geo. Gray, Tho. Worrilaw, Rice Peters, Howel 
James, Henry Clifton, Tho. Burden, Wm. Lawrence, Jno. Persons, Wm. 
Powell, Thos. Griffith, Walter Longe, Saml. Powell, Robert Burrow, 
Wm. Corker, Wm. fforest, Edward Rees, Philip Price, Jno. Howell, 
Sus. ffreborne, Esther Palmer, Esther James, Rachel Wilcox, Jane 
Brientnall, Hannah Emlen, Margaret Jones, Joan fforest, Sus. Worilaw, 
Sarah Hearn, Margaret Peters, Eliz. Griffith, Sus. Woodworth, Ann Till, 
Ann Cheetam, Magdalene James, Adam Roades, John Roades, Jacob 
Roades, Edward Dawes, David Harry.— Phila. Friends Records, Arch St. 

Possibly it was when visiting her brother, John Rhoads, 
or her sister, Elizabeth Dawes, in Whitemarsh, that Mary 
Maltby first met David Williams, or "William" as the name is 
written in the older records. Or, perhaps, David William 
supplied the Chestnut St. bakery with flour from Spring Mill. 
However, it came about, and the Colonial records of the day 
are not likely to aid us with facts concerning this later ro- 
mance in the life of Mary Maltby. 

David William was a widower with five children when 
married to Mary Maltby; but with his farm, ferry and mill 
there was doubtless work enough for them all. 

One more child, Joseph William, was added to the fam- 
ily, and the children without doubt were educated at the Ply- 
mouth School. 

This family, with the exception of the son Isaac, spelled 
their name William, and as the William family was a dis- 
tinct one, we keep the spelling as found in the original 
documents. Later the records seem to indicate that Joseph 
William also adopted the spelhng Williams. It is, how- 
ever, given here in every case as found in the original 
records. 

*The children were all small at this time. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 45 

Spring Mill 

Spring Mill is situated near the Schuylkill river, on the 
Schuylkill Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at a station 
of that name near Conshohocken. 

David WiUiam had, in 1697, bought considerable land* 
in Philadelphia and in Merion. [Philadelphia Deeds: Ex- 
emplification Book No. 7, page 74, etc., for a tract of land 
in Philadelphia county containing 513 acres from Wm. Mark- 
ham. Also a deed from Nicholas Moore et al, dated June 11, 
1711, for a tract of 66 acres in said county, recorded Deed 
Book E., No. 6, Vol. 7, page 227. Also deed from David 
Hugh situated in Merion for about 100 acres, recorded in 
Deed Book H., No. 4, page 230.] And probably about that 
time built Spring Mill, an old grist mill still standing and bear- 
ing such evident marks of age that there seems little risk in 
assigning it this date, although we have no documentary 
evidence that the present mill was built at this time. It is 
known however to date far back of Revolutionary days (1712) , 
and for half a century was the only mill in this section. It is 
believed to be the oldest mill in Pennsylvania, and possesses 
great interest for the lovers of antiquarian relics. 

It supplied the American Army with flour in 1777 during 
the encampment at Valley Forge, and Washington is said to 
have often visited it to order flour for his military family or 
feed for his horses. 

It is still capable of doing good service, and its visitor 
today is struck by the contrast between its ancient and hoary 
walls and the busy life of the interior. Floors have been 
worn through and replaced, and often two layers of floor are 
visible, but many at least of the old girders and supporting 
pillars are still there. Some are greatly worm eaten, but still 
doing duty. 

The mill is built "solidly of stone, and was put up in sec- 
tions, according to the rough customs and scanty means of the 
men of those days. " "It formerly had an overshot wheel of 

*In 1696 he subscribes £4 for lands on the Susquehanna to the Susquehanna 
Land Company. See Appendix. 



46 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

forty horse power and turned out thirty barrels of flour per 
day, and still prides itself on the superior quality of its 
flour. This is supposed to be because of the uniform flow of 
water in floods and droughts from the grand sources that 
give its name." 

The old overshot wheel is gone, but the ancient hip-roofed 
fabric still looks as if it would stand the stress and storms of 
another century. 

The ferry* was just below the mill at the bend in the 
river. The English traveller Sutcliff crossed at Spring Mill 
ferry in 1804. 

The Bubbling Springs 

In the meadow just back of the mill, perhaps within a 
quarter of a mile, are the "bubbling springs," the wonderful 
source of the Spring Mill water power. Here in a park-like 
meadow the beautifully clear water comes bubbling up from 
some unknown source, and forms at once a creek of consider- 
able width with a swift current that turns the mill and joins 
the Schuylkill just beyond. Indeed the ground seems to be 
a meadow of springs. 

We were told by Mr. Robert T. Potts, who kindly did the 
honors of the place for us, that the waters of the spring had 
been analyzed by a professor of the Penna. University and 
found to be of the exact composition of the waters of Lake 
Erie, of which he supposed that it might be an outlet. 

From the following interesting record it seems that 
Spring Mill was sold to Robert Jones and Anthony Morris on 
the death of David William. 

At the March meeting of the Court of Quarter Sessions 
of Philadelphia Co. , in 1715, the following petition was pre- 
sented:— 

The petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of Gwynedd, Montgomery, 
Skippack, and other of the adjacint townships, humbly sheweth: 

That inasmuch as the mill late of David Williams in plymouth [the 
mill was situated at Spring Mill in Whitemarsh] is built on a spring 

*The Schuylkill could not be forded at the ferry at any season of the year, and 
was considered more valuable for that reason. 




Spring Mill 

Conshohocken, Pa. Built about 1697 




Spring Mill 
Back View, with Overshot Wheel 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 47 

which neither the Drought of Sumer nor winter's ffrost hinders from 
supplying the neighborhood with grinding when all or most of the other 
mills are dormant ***** our and others being so supply 'd in 
times of such necessity lays [us] under great obligations to frequent the 
said mill. [They therefore ask convenient roads to it] several of which 
said roads have been made use for these tenn or twelve years past, but 
obstructed at the pleasure of ill minded and contentious persons. [They 
then suggest the roads as named in the record of the court, adding] and 
your petitioners bringing their corn to mill in order to bring the meal to 
markett another road wants a confirmation leading from the said mill to 
the Great Road from Parkysomeny to Philadelphia, without which your 
petitioners must labor under great hardships and difficulties, for what is 
more necessary than a Convenient road to places of worship and to mills 
and marketts" [Etc. The petition is signed by thirty persons, most of 
them Gwynedd people.] 

Various differences about the road come to light in the 
petitions following for its readjustment. 

In 1752 the road was again reviewed, and a road varying 
in its upper courses from the one first laid out was surveyed. 
It began "at Spring IMill door" and ran by thirty courses and 
distances, by Plymouth meeting-house, the Dutch churchland 
(Boehm's) to Wissahickon creek, and "North Wales road 
near the meeting-house." The whole length of the road was 
9 miles, 7 perches. From Plymouth meeting-house to N. Wales 
meeting-house, 7 miles, 24 perches. According to this the 
Spring IMill of David William was nearly two miles from 
Plymouth Meeting. 

The mill has passed through many hands since sold by 
Rees William and his brother Isaac Williams after the death 
of their father, and the number of acres with it seems to have 
varied greatly, but usually a tract on either side of the river 
is mentioned in the deed of sale. In one deed given in 1770 
it is called "the noted mill." Consideration, 2219 pounds. 

In 1866 it was bought by Charles L. Hamilton, for $30,000. 

In early days the farmers of Providence township hauled 
wheat to this mill to pay the quit rent on the land purchased 
from the proprietary government; and also to be ground 
before hauling it to the Philadelphia market. 

Mount Joy, adjacent, if not part of the original prop- 
erty, was owned by Pierre Legaux in Revolutionary days. 



48 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

He had bees and a vineyard then, and formed a company for 
the purpose of carrying out this project. In it many men of 
note were stockholders, including Washington, Burr, Girard, 
and others. The vineyard was not a success, probably be- 
cause the European varieties of grapes were grown. An old 
map of the plantation says: 

''Plan of Spring Mill called Montjoye, dresse par Pierre 
Legaux pour la corporation de la vigne de Pennsylvanie, le 5 
fevrier, 1802. Cette plantation contients 65 >4 acres." 

The plan of the property with that of the mill, Schuyl- 
kill and ferry, follows. Surrounding the mill is marked as 
land of MM. Paul and Leversley. The house at Mount Joy 
is likewise an ancient one and well preserved. The present 
owner, a descendant of Legaux, has preserved a jar of honey 
from which Washington ate on one of his visits here. 

The house* at Spring Mill possesses almost as much in- 
terest as the old mill, but unfortunately no date stone is 
found in either building. 

The house is built of stone with frame work pinned with 
wooden pegs, and is roomy and comfortable. The kitchen is 
entered by a low Dutch door, whose two parts have now been 
nailed together, but at the opposite side of the room you can 
still gaze out the upper half door, which opens as in ancient 
times. The ceiling is very low and the windows filled with 
small panes of glass. Beside the wide fireplace that occupies 
almost an entire side of the room is a great dark marble slab 
forming a square sink, with opening through the outer wall, 
and the doorsteps are of marble from a nearby quarry. 

As late as fifty years ago there was still standing a log- 

*Sarauel JLivezey, (1760-1840, ) bcKinning when quite a young man, kept a store 
in the old Smoke House at Spring Mill, which his father then rented for him. The 
father had a mill on the Wissahickon. At this time great teams loaded with grain 
passed down the road to Philadelphia. The fatlier would buy the grain and on their 
return trip the son would supply the driver with salt, iron, groceries, etc. At first 
he kept liquor, as was customary at that time, but finding it caused suffering in the 
families of his patrons lie discontinued its sale. Jjater it became necessary to his 
peace of mind to abandon the sale of goods that were the product of slave labor, and 
also things tending to " gratify the vain mind." He was for many years a minister 
of Plymouth Meeting. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 49 

addition on the side next the mill— probably the first shelter 
built for the William family in 1697. 

In 1702 ' 'Harverf ord Meeting consents that a week-day 
meeting be held by turns on Fifth-days at David Williams's, at 
Hugh Jones's and at Lewis Thomas's homes." This was the 
forerunner of Plymouth Meeting. 

It was afterwards discontinued at David Williams's, prob- 
ably at the time of his wife's death. 

The Maltby boys as they grew older were each taught a 
useful trade*— the most useful in a new country, where the 
establishment of a home is the first necessity. William 
Maltby, or Malsby as now called, was a mason. Merchant a 
carpenter, and David a blacksmith by trade, but all three as 
they grew older bought land, and with their older brother 
John added the title " yeoman " to their own. 

They tell us that there is no record of the building of 
Plymouth Meeting-house, and we like to think that the Maltby 
brothers did their full share in its building, and that the old 
meeting-house stands today a lasting monument to their skill 
and industry. 

In some places the early meetings record that their men 
shall help by turns until the completion of the building, and 
direct how many shall come each day for that purpose until 
the work be finished. 

At the marriage of Edward Dawes of Plymouth and 
Sarah Casell (Cassel) late of Abington, Spinster, at their 
public meeting-house in Plymouth, 4th mo. 30, 1709, David 
and Mary William sign the marriage certificate. Other sign- 
ers are Abraham, Francis and Edith Dawes, Adam, John, 
Joseph and Sarah Roades, and Lumley Williams. [This is 
supposed to have been the first marriage in Plymouth meeting- 
house.] 

9 mo. 28, 1710, Jenis William, daughter of David William, 

* Before leaving England Penn drew up laws to serve for the temporary gov- 
ernment of his colony. Of these number XXVIII was:— "That all children within 
this province of the age of twelve j'ears shall be taught some useful trade or skill, to 
the end none may be idle, but the poor may work to live, and the rich if they become 
poor, may not want." 



50 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

was married to Edward David of Radnor. The certificate is 
signed by the two fathers, Edward David and David WilHam, 
by Mary Wilham, Reese Wilham and Isaac Wilhams, her 
brothers, and by EHza* Mallsby, Phebe and Ester Wilham, 
the sisters. 

The Mary Wilham here is probably her stepmother, and 
if so it is the last record we have of Mary Roades (Maltby) 
and also of her daughter, Elizabeth Mallsby. 

We have no record of the death of Mary (Maltby) Will- 
iam. 

David William, of Whitemarsh, left a will dated 9, 27, 
1714. In it he does not mention his wife Mary; so it is likely 
that she died before this time. 

He mentions a son, Isaac, to whom he leaves his farm. 

Joseph is to have 100 acres adjoining the land of Isaac 
when 18 years of age, and in the meantime to be maintained 
with suitable food and clothing and to be sent to school and 
* 'learnt to write a clear, legible hand. ' ' David also mentions 
daughters, Esther, Phebe, Dennis (Jenis), and appoints 
Rees Williamt executor. Proved Dec. 18, 1714., No. 21, 
Phila. Wills, 171 D, 17. 

David William was a prominent member of the Plymouth 
and Whitemarsh settlement. 

In 1698 the meeting directs that "as there has been 
much sickness in the family of David Williams that a Com- 
mittee be appointed to visit them and proffer aid." They 
report the following month ' 'that David Williams was glad to 
accept the love of Friends, but says there is no urgent need of 
the assistance offered. ' ' 

Joseph William, son of David and Mary Maltby William, 
was born 1 mo. 19, 1705, and at the age of 18 inherited 100 
acres of land in Whitemarsh adjoining the home farm willed 
to his brother Isaac. He probably removed to Radnor for, 
6, 26, 1729, he makes known to Haverford meeting his in- 
tentions of "returning to Radnor from whence he came 

* Eliza frequently used as a nickname for Elizabeth, 
fllees William owned a farm of 250 acres in 1734. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 51 

recommended to us. ' ' His certificate is signed at Gwynedd M. 
M. of this date by Isaac Williams, Rees William, and others. 

His intentions of marriage had been laid before Haver- 
ford, 9th of 6 mo., 1729, and Joseph William, son of David and 
Mary Maltby William of Whitemarsh, and Sarah Griffith of 
Merion were married at Radnor Meeting, 7 mo. 11, 1729. 

Among those signing the marriage certificate were: 
Rees William, Isaac Williams, Adam Roades, David Maulsby, 
Rees William, Jr., Eliza. Williams, Jenis David, Esther 
David, Joseph Roades, Robert Williams, Esther Morgan, 
Griffith Jones,* Eliza Jones, Sarah Lloyd, Mary Walker and 
Mary Roberts. 

Here one would expect to find the names of his sisters. 
Jenis is of course Jenis David, but is Esther, Esther Morgan, 
and are either of the Elizabeths, Elizabeth Maltby, or of the 
Marys, Mary Maltby? 

The southern and westward migration of the Friends 
had not yet begun, and it seems probable that the Maulsby 
sisters at this time were living at no great distance from the 
family home, and would if possible be present at the mar- 
riage of this their youngest brother. 

The children of Joseph and Sarah William or Williams 
were: — 

David Williams, b. 6 mo. 9, 1730. 
Edward Williams, b. 8 mo. 21, 1731. 
Abraham Williams, b. 12 mo. 28, 1732/3. 
Ann Williams, b, 9 mo. 22, 1734. 
Mary Williams, b. 8 mo. 21, 1736. 
Isaac Williams, b. 1 mo. 17, 1737/8. 
Catharine Williams, b. 12 mo. 10, 1739. 
Jacob Williams, b. 1 mo. 6, 1741/2. 
Joseph Williams, b. 6 mo. 7, 1744. 

* Proud says "Griffith Jones was from Surry." He was a member of the Penn- 
sylvania Assembly in lti83 and 1709, and a member of the Governor's Conncil in KiiJO. 

"There were also Welsh families of the name of Jones. Daniel Jones of Con- 
shohocken brought with him a certifleate of removal for self, wife and children 
from Haverfordwest, Wales, dated 1699. He had many descendants. 

The descendants of Kobt. John, of Gwynedd (son of John ap'/rhomas) assumed 
the name of Jones. 

Samuel and Griffith John were from Pembrokeshire, but I think kept the sur- 
name John. 

Griffith John, of Merlon, (d. 1907). His son was John Grifllth, and I suppose 
Qrifflth became the family surname. 



52 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Joseph William seems to have married again, for the 
record continues — children of Joseph and Hannah Williams:— 

Rebecca Williams, b. 3 mo. 7, 1751. 
Eleanor Williams, b. 6 mo. 3, 1753. 
Sarah Williams, b. 8 mo. 10, 1755. 

Joseph William was a minister amongst Friends, for in 
1737 (Radnor) we find that "he having expressed a desire 
for a minute to visit Long Island and New England," and 
that the following month (at Haverford) "Friends finding 
nothing in his circumstances or anything else to obstruct," 
he was granted the requested minute. We find record of other 
minutes also granted to him. 

Between 1744-1758 his son Abraham Williams, likewise a 
minister, requests a certificate to visit the West Indies, * 
which is likewise granted. 

Some of the Williams family settled in North Carolina, t 

♦He probably visits also while here the family or descendants of Barnaby 
Maulsby, his cousins. 

tThere are several of the Williams family belonging to Fairfax M. Meeting in 
Virginia, about 1745. They were from Gwynedd, and removed to North Carolina, and 
later to the West. They may have been brothers. 

Wm. Williams brought a certificate from Gwynedd, 6, 7, 1845, and removed to 
Cane Creek. 

Humphrey Williams, wife and children removed to Cane Creek, 8, 30, 1765. 

Jonathan Williams and wife removed to N. Carolina. 

Richard, son of George, requests membership in 1746, and marries Prudence 
Beales, and removes to Carver's Creek. He gives the land on which New Garden 
Meeting House was built. His grandson, Jesse, was the Plymouth teacher. 

The following, omitting dates, is from the records of New Garden M. Meeting: 

Richard Williams, son of George Williams and Prudence, daughter of John 
Beales of Monocacy, in Prince George Co., Province of Maryland, married 11th of 10th 
mo., 1746. Children: Silas, Charity, Jesse, Richard, Prudence, Matthias, Sarah, Dor- 
cas, Ruth, Mary, John, Ann. Richard, the father, died 1781, and was buried at New 
Garden, N. Carolina. Prudence, the mother, died 1815. 

Richard, son of Richard and Prudence, m. Sarah Baldwin, at ^ew|Garden, 1778. 
Their children were: Jesse, 1789, Elizabeth, Asa, Nathan, Richard, Ann, David, Na_ 
than, Sarah. Sarah, the mother, died, 1798. Richard and Susannah, 2nd wife, had 
Susannah and Jane. Susannah, the mother, died 1816. Richard married, 3d, Sarah 
Russell. Child: Jesse Turner Williams. Silas, son of Richard and Prudence Williams, 
ott. Mary Hunt. 1770. Children; Rachel (a twin), Levinah (?), William, Richard, Re 
beckah, Silas, Asa, Mary, Caty, Prudence, Esther. 

Jesse, son of Richard and Prudence, m. Eleanor Johnson. Children: John, 
Esther, Hannah, Caleb. Eleanor, the mother, died 1781, m. 2d. Sarah Terrel, 1788. 
Children: Achilles, Anna, Sarah aud Micajah Terrel, b. In Va. 

John, sou of above Richard and Sarah. Children: Benjamin, Jonathan. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 



53 



Some settled in Baltimore,* with the family of William and 
David Malsby, where for many years Ennion Williams was 
clerk of Balto. Y. M. and a man of note in the community. 

The Williams family was a large one, and we have made 
no attempt to trace it further, but the warmest friendship 
continued between the two families. The Williams cousins 
are always signers to the marriage certificates of the Maultby 
descendants. 

Robt. Jones of Gwynedd, cordwainer, died 1745, prob- 
ably unmarried. He left bequests to his cousin, John Evans; 
to his cousin, Eliz. Evans, wife of Thomas; his cousin, Owen 
Evans, son of Thomas; to Edward, Thomas, Griffith and John 
Evans, sons of Thomas; to Cousin Peter Evans; to Cousin 
Thomas Grifiith; to his cousins, the children of Joseph Will- 
iams, etc. 

♦They usually emigrated in family groups. 




Ye Money Scales of John Williams 



54 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Plymouth Meeting and School 

The history of the establishment of Plymouth Meeting-, 
which was largely composed of the Williams, Maltby, Rhoads, 
Dawes and related families, will be interesting to their de- 
scendants and is here given:— 

1702. Friends about Plymouth of the other side of the Schoolkill pro- 
pose to have a meeting on first days at Hugh Jones * * and a weekly 
meeting the fifth day to be kept by course at David Williams', at Hugh 
Jones', at Lewis Thomas', which this meeting consents to, if the Quar- 
terly Meeting approve thereof. — (Friends Records, Haverford Meeting.) 

Another account says:— At North Wales a meeting house was built 
in the year 1700, which was but two years after the arrival of the Welsh 
Friends at that place. 

Another was built in 1712, and the first meeting for worship held 
therein the 19th of 9 mo. 

First monthly meeting was held 22d 12th mo., 1714 or 1715. 

Plymouth meeting-house was built a considerable time before this. 
The meeting was in being the 4th of the 1st month, 1688-89, and how long 
before is not certain. — From Smith the historian's account in Armistead's 
Miscellany. 

Ancient Record of the Settlement of Plymouth Meeting 

About the year 1685, the township of Plymouth was originally pur- 
chased and settled by James Fox, Richard Gove, Francis Rawle, John 
Chelson and some other Friends that came from Plymouth in old Eng- 
land and who dwelled here for some space of time and kept meetings for 
worship at the house of the said James Fox. But being most of them 
tradesmen and citizens, and not used to a country life, they removed to 
Philadelphia, by which means the place became vacant for a time. But 
being again purchased chiefly by Friends, viz. David Meredith, Edmond 
Cartledge, Thomas Owen, Isaac Price, Ellis Pugh, Hugh Jones, and 
divers others; and as there were several adjacent settlers in Whitemarsh, 
viz. John Rhoads, Abraham Dawes, David Williams and several more 
Friends, these in the year 1703 by the approbation of Haverford monthly 
meeting, unto which they then joined themselves, kept their meeting at 
the house aforesaid, being then in possession of Hugh Jones, where it 
continued for some years; and then by consent was removed to John 
Cartledge's house, where it also continued for some years. But settle- 
ments increasing, and young people coming up, it was agreed to build a meet- 
ing-house for the better accommodation of Friends belonging thereunto, 
and also the convenience of a public place of worship near the burying 
ground which was prefixed some time before in Plymouth aforesaid and 
several deceased Friends being there interred, before the Meeting-house 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 55 

was built. In the year the meeting-house was erected and on the 18th 

day of the month the first anniversary was kept therein. And our 

number increasing and not having the convenience of a monthly meeting 
among ourselves, we joined with the Gwynedd Friends to apply to Haver- 
ford monthly Meeting for their approbation to hold a monthly meeting of 
business, which together with the consent of the Quarterly meeting of 
Philadelphia was obtained. The monthly meeting was agreed to to be 
held the last third day in every month at Gwynedd and was opened the 
22nd of the 12th month 1714-15. [Friends' Miscellany Vol. III.] 

Unfortunately the date of the erection of the Plymouth Meeting 
house was left a blank, but it was probably about 1710. 

From Gwynedd Monthly Meeting— 11 mo. 22, 1714-15. It is agreed 
that the monthly meeting for Gwynedd and Plymouth meetings is to be 
called by the name of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, to be held the last 
Third day in every month, unless occation appears for another day. 

John Evans is appointed by this meeting to be clerk for ye same. 
Edward Foulke and Robert Jones overseers. 

1722. This meeting hath had in Consideration afternoon meetings, & 
it is agreed yt our first day morning's meeting begin at 10 o'clock, and 
in the afternoon at four o'clock." 

2 mo. 25, 1725. Gwynedd First day morning meeting to begin at 10 
o'clock by reason of ye afternoon meeting being held at several places." 

The first grant of Plymouth to Fox and Rawles was sur- 
veyed in 1686, and Thomas Holme, Surveyor General of the 
Province, was directed by the Commissioners to survey 5,000 
acres of land together for a township, in the most convenient 
place for waters for the encouragement of the woolen in- 
dustry, which was intended. 

This original survey seems to have included 600 acres 
originally laid out by Penn for a town. 

On one of the earliest maps of Pennsylvania, this town 
is marked laid out in a one-mile square. 

As early as 1685 the people here petitioned for a "cart 
road" to Philadelphia. This is the present Germantown and 
Perkiomen pike, which was completed on the older road in 
1804. 

In speaking of the Friends of Gwynedd M. Meeting, 
Howard Jenkins says: "It is impossible to study the records 
of this early period of the Colony's experience without being 
impressed with the evident strength of character and the 



56 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

sincere religious nature of those who composed it. The ten- 
dencies and convictions of the people of Gwynedd at that 
time were obviously those of a simple and sincere body of 
Christians, closely united in feeling and maintaining in an 
unusual degree the primitive virtues of life." 

The Monthly Meeting had at one time as many as four- 
teen approved ministers. Of these Ellis Pugh, Rowland Ellis 
and William Trotter belonged to Plymouth particular meeting. 

The two former were from Dolgelley, Merioneth, Wales. 
Of Ellis Pugh his memorial says: "His ministry was Hving, 
profitable and to edification." He was honorable among his 
friends and of good report among all people generally, there- 
fore his memory will not soon wear out." "He slept with 
his fathers on the 3d day of the tenth month, 1718, in favour 
with God." 

Rowland ElUs "was endued with a gift in the ministry," 
and "his service was accepted, " * * * "being of sound 
judgment, ready and willing to assist his neighbors and 
friends in all cases, [civil or religious, when desired. " He died 
1729. ' 'Concerning whom we trust, it may be said, he rests, 
enjoying the reward of the righteous, and his works do fol- 
low." 

William Trotter lived longer. ' 'His ministry was sound 
and savory. In his life and conversation he was grave, yet 
innocently cheerful, and strictly just in his dealings, also a 
lover and promoter of peace, unity and brotherly love amongst 
Friends. ' ' ' 'He departed this life on the 19th of tenth month, 
1749 * * * to receive a heavenly reward of peace. ' ' 

The Village 

Plymouth Meeting is a settlement of Friends three miles 
from Norristown, Pennsylvania, and now scarcely more 
than double that distance from the Philadelphia limits. 
The home of David William was in Whitemarsh township, 
now known to be at Spring Mill on the Schuylkill River. 

The Plymouth Settlement was largely made up of En- 
glish and Welsh, who if not at first related soon became so 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 57 

by intermarriages amongst them. The Rhodes, the Dawes, 
and the Maulsby family of Whitemarsh, descended from a 
a common ancestor (John Roades) and married into the Wil- 
hams, Reese, Johns, Thomas, Morris, Harry, Jones and other 
well known Welsh families. 

The trolley that now connects Norristown with Plymouth 
seems singularly out of place when it enters the shady avenue 
leading past the meeting-house, on either side of which are 
roomy, substantial colonial mansions of stone, with a delight- 
ful air of dignity, of mystery and unwritten history, about 
them. They comprise the village of Plymouth Meeting, and 
the usual signs of village growth, the modern frame dwell- 
ings, are happily absent. In the old homesteads, however, 
there is no lack of progress or of culture, and the men and 
women that they send forth are foremost in their chosen field 
of labor. 

The meeting-house in its roomy grounds is surrounded 
by sycamores and oaks, some of which give evidence of a 
century's growth. Beyond it is the old graveyard, that was 
already in use before the building of the meeting-house. In 
it older part, David and Mary Maltsby William sleep in un- 
marked graves. Many others of the family are doubtless 
buried there, —Merchant and Elizabeth Maulsby and their chil- 
dren and grandchildren, but at this time there are few stones 
standing in the graveyard bearing the Maulsby name. This 
is partly because the older Friends objected to the erection 
of tombstones, and partly because a later generation becom- 
ing warped in that direction, destroyed many of those already 
existing. Doubtless in those days it was easy to identify the 
few graves of the settlement, and they were carefully tended 
by loving hands. Could the men of the older time have re- 
alized, however, the satisfaction a simple mark would be to 
the later generations of their descendants, the old stones and 
others would be there today. 

The meeting-house was built at two separate times. The 
first part, as has been stated, was built of limestone, about 1710, 
and the other part, of a brownish sandstone, was added to it 



58 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

for a school. One hundred pounds of the money used for this 
purpose was left by a member of the Williams family. While 
in the yard was a log stable for the use of the boys riding 
horseback and coming from a distance,* as they often did to 
attend school, especially during the winter months, when they 
often came from a distance of six or seven miles. Among 
its teachers were Jesse Williams and Josiah Albertson. 

It is conjecture again, and yet almost certain, that 
Joseph William and some at least of his older brothers and 
sisters attended school here. 

Later, about 100 years ago, a new "eight square" school- 
building was erected, when the former became needed for 
meeting purposes, because of the increased growth of the 
community. 

The old octagonal building has now disappeared, and a 
still newer and larger building has taken its place. 

The Plymouth Meeting School was the only school in the 
township until after the Revolution. This building is situat- 
ed in the Meeting-house yard and is under the care of the 
Friends' Preparative Meeting of Plymouth. 

There seem to have been several funds left for school 
purposes by the members of Plymouth Meeting. Among 
them was that for the Williams School. 

The Williams School 

In 1813, Isaac Williams and Ann his wife deeded a lot con- 
taining 90 perches to Samuel Maulsby, Joseph Williams, Jr. , 
Knowles Lancaster, David Wilson, Isaiah Bell and George 
Martin, trustees, * 'for the benevolent purpose of educating 
children in school learning." 

Soon after an "eight square" building was erected, and 
for many years a school was held here under the direction of 
a committee appointed by Plymouth Preparative Meeting. 

In 1856, Joseph Williams and Knowles Lancaster, surviv- 
ing trustees, transferred the property to Charles Williams, 

*Davld Rittenhouse, the astronomer, was said to have attended school here. 
He was a farmer boy, and his plough was always covered with astronomical calcula- 
tions in chalk that he worked out while plowing. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 59 

Lewis A. Lukens, Isaac Williams and others of Whitemarsh 
township. 

This old octagonal too was replaced by a modern building, 
and it is now under the care of the Board of the District of 
Whitemarsh. 

The Hannah Williams School 

The Hannah Williams school was a noted one in its day. 
It was for many years a boarding school. It was kept in one 
of the roomy old stone houses in the village. 

Deeds 

The first deed for the property of the Plymouth Meeting, 
from Lumley Williams to Isaac Pice, William Dickinson 
and Abraham Dawes, of Plymouth, and John Rhodes of 
Whitemarsh, was for 1 acre and 9 perches of land, and the 
consideration was two pounds. This was probably the origi- 
nal graveyard, to which from time to time land was added. 

In the next deed, granted in 1730, among the trustees are 
Rees Williams of Plymouth and Abraham Dawes, Jr., of 
Whitemarsh. 

In 1788 Isaac Williams is a trustee. Usually some one of 
the Williams family is represented in the trustees. 

In the Revolution 

Plymouth Meeting-house was for a time used as a hos- 
pital after the battle of Germantown, but not much seems to 
be known about its history during the Revolution. 

Samuel Maulsby, who was a boy at the time, remembered 
the arrival of the British troops here on the morning of May 
20, 1778, and that they halted about an hour and a half by 
the meeting-house. They were on their way to attack Laf- 
ayette at Barren Hill. This delay is thought to have allowed 
Lafayette to make his escape. 

A curious letter from Brigadier General Mordecai Gist, 
commander of the "Baltimore Independent Company," has 
been preserved. It is dated ' 'Camp at Plymouth Meeting- 
house, the 13th day of the 12th mo., 1777." 



60 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

"Friend John: 

I have these two nights past taken up my quarters in this House of 
contemplation, around which the antient fathers sleep in silent dust in 
emblematic representation of their silent meetings — nor can they stir 
from home until the spirit moveth them to rise, to speak, with fear and 
trembling." 

The Plymouth settlement was one of the first made in 
Montgomery Co. , and appears marked on an early map in 1698. 

It seems to have been from the first a prosperous and in- 
fluential settlement. 

Wm. Penn, in a letter from England to Thomas Lloyd, 
dated 14th of 4th mo., 1691, says: "Salute me to the Welsh 
Friends, and the Plymouth Friends— indeed to all of them." 

The first record of burial here is in 1690. John Rees was 
appointed the first recorder of births and burials, etc. , 25th 
12 mo., 1722. 

Diagonally across the road from the Meeting-house is 
the old Samuel Maulsby homestead, now the residence of 
Helen C. Hovenden, and in it many treasures of art are 
gathered. 

The Meeting-house was burned in 1867, 2nd mo. 13. It 
was supposed the fire originated from hot ashes in the cellar. 

Meeting House Rebuilt 

The Meeting-house was then rebuilt, the old walls being 
used. Among the committee appointed for this purpose were 
Alan W. Corson, Elias Hicks Corson, John G. and Charles 
Williams. The work was completed 10th month 24, 1867, 
expenditure $5949.93, of which $5870.65 had been collected. 

Formerly there were two small porch roofs over the 
doors of the Meeting-house. When taken away to build the 
present porch, one was placed by Thomas Hovenden over his 
studio door, and George Corson [son of Elias H. Corson] took 
the other, placing it over a door at his home, that they might 
be preserved. 

General History 

The Maltbys can lay no claim to the Quaker patent of 
nobility— the coming to America with William Penn, on 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 61 

either his first or second voyage, although such claim has 
been made in a recent genealogy. 

Proud, in his history of Pennsylvania, tells us that: — 
"In the sixth month of the year, 1699, William Penn, 
with his wife and family, took shipping for Pennsylvania; 
and on the third day of the next following month, from on 
board the ships, lying in Cowe's road near the Isle of Weight, 
he took farewell of his Friends, in a valedictory epistle, di- 
rected to all the people called Quakers in Europe (Epistle 
dated "Cowes, Isle of Weight, weighing anchor, the 3d of 
the Seventh month, 1699.") He sailed on the 6th of the same 
month, and was near three months out at sea; so that he did 
not arrive in Pennsylvania until the beginning of the Tenth 
month (December), when a dangerous and contagious dis- 
temper, called the Yellow Fever, having raged in the pro- 
vince, and carried off great numbers of the people, had 
ceased." 

The "Canterbury" arrived at Chester, 1st of 10th month 
Dec. (O.S.), 1699, and proceeded to Philadelphia. 

As Emigrants 

The early Friends were proverbially a restless people, 
with no particular attachment for their new home, where they 
often did not tarry long enough to take root in the soil, but 
were swept onward toward the south and west by the great 
waves of emigration that rolled over the land. They went 
usually in family groups, often in search of better land or 
more congenial surroundings. 

John Maltby, the eldest son, early disappeared from the 
Plymouth settlement, remaining a while in Philadelphia, and 
dying in North Carolina in 1758. 

Nor did the other brothers escape the restless fever of 
the pioneer's blood. This was particularly true of the family 
of William the second son. 

Merchant alone died in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, 
but his grandchildren too, though in smaller numbers, mi- 
grated. 



62 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

David Malsby, like his older brothers, soon sought a new 
state, and his grandchildren became pioneers in the [then] 
far West. 

Possibly their very large inheritance of Welsh blood 
tended to bind families into emigrant groups. It was in such 
groups as this that they usually emigrated, establishing in the 
new settlements, as soon as possible, the Meeting (Quaker) 
and the School. 

The Welsh family group, or Wele, consisted of parents, 
children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, who all lived 
together until all the grandsons were dead, and then sub- 
divided. 

This is hardly comprehensive, as by this time other gen- 
erations had been added. Owen makes the family group 
consist of nine generations. He says : 

"Under the ancient British constitution a man's pedigree 
was in reality his title deed by which he claimed his birth- 
right in the country. Everyone was obliged to show his 
descent through nine generations, in order to be acknowledged 
a free native — by which right he claimed his portion of 
land. A person past the ninth descent formed a new family. 
Every family was represented by its elders, who were dele- 
gates to the National Council. 

"In enforcing the laws, too, the knowledge of the nine 
generations was necessary. For instance, if a murder was 
committed, a fine was levied on the nine generations, the broth- 
ers paying the most, and the fine so raised was distributed 
in a similar way in the family of the murdered man. " 

The Ways By Which They Went 

The- upper westward roads of migration were, from York 
County to the Cumberland Valley to Shippensburg, where the 
ways divided. One branch going down the Cumberland Valley 
into Maryland, followed the Potomac to Fort Cumberland and 
along the line of Braddock's march, crossed the Alleghenies 
into Pennsylvania over the Laurel Ridge to Beesontown to 
Redstone Old Fort.* 

*Reditone was in Fayette Co., 14 miles South of Pittsburg. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 63 

The other route was directly west from Shippensburg-, 
over the mountains, following the old military road through 
Ft. Littleton and Bedford to Redstone. 

The Revolution 

At the breaking out of the American Revolution, of the 
children of ; William and Mary Maltby, Merchant took the 
oath of allegiance and sided openly with the colonies, for 
which he is censured by the meeting, with which he after- 
ward makes his peace. 

His son Morris was in the American army. 

The family of David, the younger brother, were non- 
resistants— taking no part in the war and allowing their 
property to be ''distrained" at various times to pay the dif- 
ferent war taxes. The accounts of property taken were 
carefully kept by the "Meetings of Sufferings." David's 
wife was a Royalist. 

Of the family of William, his son David took the part of 
the Colonies. Mrs. Howard states that the family were 
Royalists. I think they, being Quakers, were more likely to 
have been non-resistants. 

Family Traits 

The earlier Maulsbys are said to have been fair, with 
blue eyes and light hair. They had strong features. This 
was true of the women as well as of the men of the family. 
They had a rippling softness of speech, in the utterance of 
their "thee's" and "thou's," that seemed strangely at vari- 
ance with their strength of character. They were cheery 
and light-hearted, busy people doing the world's work; 
having no great amount of this world's riches; interested in 
everything going on about them and living to a good old age, 
and yet, as has been said, exhibiting the very marked Maulsby 
trait — "that of never growing old." 

As Abolitionists 

The great majority of the family were perhaps aboli- 
tionists. 



64 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

In the old Plymouth neighborhood, to the home of Samuel 
Maulsby, then that of his daughter Martha, wife of George 
Corson, all the early workers in the cause were welcomed. 
Benjamin Lundy, "the meek little New Jersey Quaker" 
Garrison Lucretia Mott, McKim, Mary Grew, Abbie Foster 
(nee Kelly) , Charles and Cyrus Burleigh, all found within the 
old home a hospitable welcome. 

Today it seems almost incredible that George Corson, for 
the then advanced views he held and for entertaining such 
guests as these, should suffer, as he did, persecution from his 
neighbors. 

But down in eastern Tennessee the honor of being one of 
eight charter members to the FIRST "Manumission Society" 
belonged to the pioneer grandson of William Maltby 2nd., 
David (named Ebenezer) Maulsby, of Lost Creek, Tenn. 

For it is now an acknowledged fact that it was not in the 
North but in the slave-holding states of the South— the Caro- 
linas and Tennessee — that the movement for the abolition of 
slavery was first organized. True it was largely among the 
Quaker settlers, but recently established there from the north- 
ern states. 

The apostle of this movement was Charles Osborn, a 
Quaker preacher, born in North Carolina, Aug. 21, 1775, who 
removed to Tennessee when 19 years of age. In 1806 he be- 
gan his work as a minister. In December, 1814, he organized 
the "Tennessee Manumission Society," in the old log "Lost 
Creek" Meetinghouse. Its charter members were:— Charles 
Osborn, John Canaday, John Swain, John Underbill, Jesse 
Willis, David Maulsby, Elihu Swain, and Thomas Morgan, 
all of whose names have a friendly sound, and who were all 
Friends. 

And this was but the beginning of his noble work. The 
years 1814 and 1815 were spent largely in the organization of 
many other societies. In 1816 Osborn removed to Mt. Pleasant, 
Ohio, and in 1817 published the first number of The Philan- 
thropist, the first journal in America to advocate uncondi- 
tional emancipation. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 65 

Of this paper Benjamin Lundy was an agent, and at this 
time Wm. Lloyd Garrison was yet a boy of nine years of age. 

Constitution of the Tennessee Manumission Society 

"1. Each member to have an advertisement in the most conspicuous 
part of his house in the following words, viz.: "Freedom is the natural 
right of all men; I therefore acknowledge myself a member of the Ten- 
nessee Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves. 

"2. That no member vote for Governor or any legislator, unless we 
believe him to be in favor of emancipation. 

"3. [Provides for officers and for times of meeting of the society.] 

"4. The requisite qualifications of our members are true republican 
principles, patriotic, and in favor of emancipation; and that no immoral 
character be admitted into the society as a member." 



/// 

GENEALOGY OF THE MALTBY OR MAULSBY 
FAMILY IN AMERICA 

I. (1). William Maltby, of Orston, Nottingham, England, 
came to America prior to August, 1698; died in Philadelphia 
and was there buried (16th and Cherry Sts.), 8 mo. (Oc- 
tober) 14, 1699; married 7 mo. 9, 1689, Mary Roades, b. 
11 mo. 30, 1662, dau. of John and Elizabeth Roades of 
Ripley, in the county of Derby, England. Mary Maltby 
married, 2d, David William, of Spring Mill, Montg. Co., 
Pa. , in 1704, and left one son, Joseph William. 

//. Children of William and Mary Maltby 

II. (2). John, b. 3 mo. 4, 1690, in Nottingham, Eng. ; died in North Caro- 

lina prior to 1758; m. Mary , about 1712.11 

II. (3) . Mary, was born in the parish of Estwood in the county of Notting- 
ham, in Old England, the 7th of 1st month, 1692. At the marriage 
of her half brother, Joseph William, 9 mo. 6, 1729, one would ex- 
pect to find his sister present. There are two signatures, Mary 
Walker and Mary Roberts, to the certificate, which may be a clue to 
her married name. We have no further knowledge of Mary Maltby. 
II. (4). Elizabeth, was born in the parish of Estwood, in the county of 
Nottingham, in Old England, the 4th day of 3d month, in the year 
1694. In 1710 Elizabeth Maulsby signs as witness to the marriage 
of her step-sister, Jenis Willliam (daughter of David William) and 
Edward David, of Radnor. 
Mary and Elizabeth Maltby no doubt married early as Watson says; 
"there were no old maids in those days." The Quaker marriages in 
Philadelphia alone during the years between 1687-1714 numbered 324 — so 
says an old manuscript. 

At the marriage of Joseph William or Williams, Griffith and Eliza- 
beth Jones sign the marriage certificate. 
Possibly this may be Elizabeth Maltby. 

Elizabeth Williams is also a signer, but she is probably Elizabeth the 
wife of Isaac Williams. 

No further records have been found. 

Note:— In this geneology the Roman numerals before names and before lists of 
children indicate the generation to whlcli they belong. The Arabic numbers are 
personal ones. The H following a name shows that this person's history will be con- 
tinued later, in regular numerical order. 

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THE MAULSBY FAMILY 67 

II. (5). William, born 8 mo. 18, 1695, in Nottinghamshire, England, d. and 
was buried at Newberry M. House in Newberry Township, York Co., 
Pa., 1779; married Rose Rees, 2 mo. 19, 1733, at Plymouth Meet- 
ing, Montgomery Co., Pa. Rose Maltby, died at Belair, Harford 
County, Maryland, and is buried at Little Falls. H 

II. (6). Merchant, "born at sea, on y'" ship called the Bristol Merc''"', the 
7th of 11th mo. 169 J;;" died 1785 in Roxborough township, Phila- 
delphia; married Dec. 17, 1724, Elizabeth Parker, at the Swedes 
Church, Wicacoe, Phila.H 

II. (7). David, born 1 mo. 20, II"", in Philadelphia; died ; married 
Mary Laugharne*, daughter of John and Mary \?] Wheeler 
Laugharne, of near Haverfordwest Wales, at the Old Swedes 
Church, Phila. [?] about 1744.1ft 

///. Children of John and ikZar?/ Maidtsby 

8. Anthony, b. 2nd of 3d mo., 1714. 

9. John, b. 30th of 1st mo., 1716. 

10. Joseph, d. 2 mo. 10, 1727. 

///. Children of William and Rose Rees Malsby 

11. John. IF 

12. David. IT 

13. William, Jr. IT 

14. Hannah (Frazier).1[ 

15. Eleanor (Maulsby).1[ 

16. Benjamin. TT 

///. Children of Merchant and Elizabeth Parker Maulsby 

17. John.ir 

18. Morris. H 

19. Merchant.il 

20. William.lT 

21. Mary (Stern). H 

22. Sarah (Dean).1[ 

///. Children of David and Mary Laugharne Malaby 

23. Mary (Hicks). H 

24. David. IF 

25. John Laugharne. IT ' 

26. Tamar (Parr). IF 

27. Wheeler. IF 

28. Frances (McConnell).IF 

29. Angelina (Orr).IF 

[The genealogy will be continued in the chapters devoted to the three 
sons, William, Merchant and David Malsby.] 

*Mary Laugharne (pronounced Ijarne; English Langhorne) was known 
amongst her friends by various loving sobriquets— "the Welsh princess," "the lady 
of the OlilTs," "the countess of Harford," were some of these, but as "the Welsh prin- 
cess" she was generally known. 

fAll family records relating to this branch of the family were enl rusted to the 
agent Churchman. And were finally lost. Their story is told later. Judge Wm. P. 
Maulsby, who at one time examined them, testified to their entire completeness and 
great value. 



J 



IV 
JOHN AND MARY MAULTSBY 

OHN MALTSBY, son of William and Mary, born 3, 4, 
1690, at Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England; died 
1758, in North Carolina; married about 1715, Mary . 

John Maultesby received Jan. 13, 1715 [Phila. Deeds, Book D. 181, p. 
500.], from Adam Rhoades his uncle, the surviving trustee appointed by 
his mother previous to her second marriage, the property in Philadelphia 
left by his father. He was at the time living in Plymouth township, 
Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County. 

The home of John Maultsby was near the village of Plymouth Meeting. 
It was a fine old colonial mansion, but has now been abandoned, because 
of the caving in of a nearby lime-quarry that made it unsafe for residence. 

Deed.— [On 13 Jan., 2d yr's. reign of King George] Abraham 
Dawes and John Cadwallader of Phila. yeomen, executors of 
Edward Dawes, late of Plymouth of said County, yeoman, deceased, 
Sarah Dawes, widow of Edward, John Rhoades and Isaac Shoemaker, 
trustees and John Cartledge of Plymouth, yeoman to John Maultsby of 
Plymouth township, yeoman— recites that Francis Rawle and Elizabeth 
Fox conveyed to Edmund Cartledge a tract of ten hundred and seventeen 
acres of land in Plymouth township on February 6, 1701-2. 

This was left by Edmund Cartledge in his will dated April 21, 1703, to 
his eldest son and heir, John Cartledge, who sold two hundred and fifty acres 
of it to Edward Dawes. Edward Dawes, by his will of December 13, 1714, 
ordered that this land be sold. The executors sold but did not actually 
convey the property to John Cartledge, who had become bound to John 
Maultsby on June 16th last for £400, and now the two hundred and fifty 
acres is conveyed to him for £200. The witnesses to the deed were John 
Shiers and William Dickinson. The deed was recorded April 7, 1744. 
(Philadelphia Deeds, Book G. 4, page 389). 

Deed, June 7, 1721.— Richard Hill, of Philadelphia, merchant, and 
wife Hannah, to John Maultsby, of Plymouth, yeoman, tract of two hun- 
dred and twenty-two acres in Plymouth, for £172. Witnesses, Mordecai 

Lloyd, Brockenden. Recorded April 14, 1726. (Philadelphia Deeds, 

Book F 2, page 341.) 

Deed, June 9, 1721.— John Maultsby of Plymouth, yeoman, and wife 
Mary, to John Davies, of same, for £40, fifty acres of land in Plymouth 
joining Hugh Jones, Richard Hill and John Davies, being part of the 

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THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 69 

tract whereon John Maultsby now lives. Witnesses, Thomas Brown, 
Merchant Maulsby, WilHam Maltsby. (See fac simile). 

On 10, 10, 1711, John Malsby was one of the witnesses to the marriage 
of John Hanke* of Whitemarsh, to Sarah, daughter of Cadwalder Evans, 
at Gwynedd Meeting. (Radnor Meeting Records, copy, Penna. Historical 
Society, page 269. ) 

3, 31, 1716, John and Mary Maultsby were witnesses to the marriage 
of David Davies, son of Morgan Davies, late of Radnor, and Sarah Dick- 
inson, daughter of William Dickinson, late of Plymouth, deceased, at 
Plymouth Meeting. (Radnor Meeting Records, page 321.) 

Letters of administration on the estate of John Maultsby, late of 
North Carolina, deceased, were granted in Philadelphia, May 17, 1758, to 
Benjamin Mifflin, of Philadelphia, merchant, he being the principal 
creditor, as shown by the original papers on file in the office of the Re- 
corder of Wills, Phila. 

John Maultsby late of N. Carolina, dec'd. Administrators give bond 
for £500. (17 May, 1758, Registered in Book G, folio 122). 

To Benjamin Mifflin of Phila., Principal Creditor of John Maultsby, 

Greeting: — Memo, that Letters Adms in Common form was granted 
to Benj. Mifflin above named on the Estate late of John Maultsby deed. 
Invent, to be Exhibited on or before the 17 day of June next and an 
acct on or before 18th d. of May Anno 1759. Given under Seal office of 
Phila. 17 May 1758. 

Wm. Plumstead, Reg. Gen., 

1758, G.122, Administrations. 

John Maultsby removed to Philadelphia about 1724. 

On Sep. 29, 1724, Mary Rose and John Copson, executors of Aquila 
Rose, granted to John Maultsby the ferry and two tracts of land at either 
side of the river at the west end of High St. [Market Street] for the re- 
mainder of a term of 21 years. 

On this property John Maultsby gave a mortgage in 1728, satisfying 
it the following year. 

Mortgage, May 18, 1728. — John Maultsby, of the City of Philadelphia, 
yeoman, to John Hanke,t of Whitemarsh, ferry over Schuylkill river at 

*John Hank (probably the father) was also from Eastwood Meeting, and had 
suflfered much persecution in England. At one time, for being at a funeral, all their 
goods were taken from him and his wife. 

fJohn Hanke of Whitemarsh, at whose wedding to Sarah, daughter of Cad 
walder Evans, at Gwynedd, John Maltby (or Maultsby) was a witness, and from 
whom he borrowed money for a year, probably for improvements on the ferry, was 
the ancestor of Nancy Hank, the mother of Abraham Lincoln. John Hank was of 
English descent and from Eastwood. From Gwynedd, also from Nottingham, two 
other noted families emigrated about IT'jO. (Their membership was at Oley or Exe- 
ter meeting in Berks Co.) —the Boone and the Lincolns, whose families had inter- 
married repeatedly. Squire and Sarah Boon, with nine children, removed to N. Caro- 



70 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

the west end of High Street, which the mayor of the city had granted to 
Aquila Rose, August 19, 1723, for twenty-one years. Waller Lewis, of 
Phila., by indenture of January 1, 1722, granted to Aquila Rose two tracts 
of twelve acres, one on the east and the other on the west side of the 
river, for the remaining part of twenty-nine years. On September 29, 
1724, Mary Rose and John Copson, executors of Aquila Rose, granted to 
John Maultsby the ferry and two tracts for the end of the term of twenty- 
one years. This mortgage was satisfied by John Maultsby, June 2, 1729. 
(Philadelphia Deeds, Book F4, page 439.) 

The Schuylkill Ferry 

1694. Minutes of the Assembly. —That there is not more than one 
ferry allowed over Schuylkill near this town. 

That the seizing and taking away of the boat belonging to the in- 
habitants of Haverford, Radnor, etc., is a grievance. 

Minutes of City Councils— Feb. 4, 1722. Jas. Logan, Mayor. Schuyl- 
kill ferry being now again under consideration of the Board, it is the 
unanimous opinion that application be immediately made to the Assembly 
for an act to vest ye said Ferry in ye Corporation and to have Sole Man- 
agement and direction thereof etc. 

Sept. 30, 1723. That persons be employed to open High St. to the 
New Ferry immediately. 

At this time there were but three houses on High St. 
above Third, and from there to the Schuylkill was a forest of 
fine old trees, and the banks of the Schuylkill were most 
picturesque with a natural beauty untouched by man. 

Aquila Rose, a man of whom Benjamin Frankhn says — 
"that he was held in high esteem," received the grant of the 
ferry — 

August 19, 1723, for a term of 21 years, at 10 shilling annually. The 
conditions were that he was to build a causeway on the west side 
Schuylkill, and provide boats and keep buildings, etc., in perfect order. 

In the attempt to get things into order he overworked, and died the 
same month, before his buildings could have been much more than begun, 
although he has been given credit for their building by his son. 

The river was rigged with ropes to draw the boats across, and there 

Una, 17.50, settling at Holomant ford or Holman's ford on the Yadkin river. The fourth 
son and sixth child was the noted pioneer, Daniel Boon, born a member of Oley 
Monthly Meeting. The Lincolns settled In Kockingliam Co., Va. Abraham Lincoln, 
killed by Indians In Kentucky in 1782, was the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln, 
President of the U. S. Jolin Hanke and wife were lined for being at a funeral and 
all their goods taken from them. (Besse's Sufferings.) Possibly this was the father 
of the emigrant, or possibly he himself. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 71 

was much trouble by reason of parties in sloops cutting the ropes to pass 

up the river. 

There had also been considerable trouble with the Welsh settlers, 

who had been allowed their own boat for the purpose of going back and 

forth to meeting. The former keeper of the ferry had accused them of 

using it for other purposes, and had seized their boat. 

Established rates of toll for the High St. [Market St.] ferry over the 

Schuylkill, Philadelphia, 1723. 

For each person, 1 penny 

For each horse loaded or unloaded, 1 penny 

For each coach or chariot, 1 shilling 

For each chaise, four-wheel, 6 pence 

For each chaise, two-wheel, 4 pence 

For each chaise, cart or wagon, with loading, 1 shilling 

For each without loading, 6 pence 

For each sled, loaded or unloaded, 1 penny 

For every cow or other neat cattle, boated or swam, 3 half pence 
For each live sheep, 1 half penny 

For each hog or swine, 1 penny 

The keeper of the ferry was also required to keep a house 
for the accommodation of travellers, and this "inn" usually 
took the name of the ferry. 

Before Rose received the lease: — 

Philip England, hee is keeper of the ferry and Ordinarie att Schuyl- 
kill under seal of Wm. penn, esq. — [Colonial Records of Pennsylvania]. 

Rose in his lease was required to improve the approaches 
with a causeway, to build a house, and also a boat and ferry 
house. 

In an attempt in 1736 to derive greater incomes from its 
ferries, the city petitioned the proprietary for control of the 
lands at either side the river in use by them. They obtained 
consent to vest in the corporation the right to lands at ferry 
at foot of High (Market) St. over the Delaware, but the pro- 
prietary required that the land at Schuylkill ferry should be 
paid for. 

Schuylkill is the name given by the Dutch, and means 
"hidden river," as the river could not be seen at its mouth. 

The Indian name for it was "Manajung Maniunk, " "the 
mother." 

Three kinds of boats were in use at the ferries: 



72 THE MA ULSBY FAMILY 

* 'Wherries," carrying from twelve to fifteen people. 

"Horse-boats," for transporting horses, carriages and 
cattle. 

"Team-boats," propelled by horse-power. In some of 
the larger boats as many as nine or ten horses were used. 
They were arranged to walk in a circle on a tread wheel con- 
nected with the main shaft. By stepping on the wheel the 
shaft would turn. These boats were used until 1810, when 
steam ferry boats were introduced. 

The wherries were admirable boats — long and roomy, 
clinker-built— with iron-shod sterns. If the ice in winter 
was broken, they were propelled through the channel. If not 
they were dragged by hand over it, the men passengers 
being expected to turn out to man the ropes, the women 
and children riding. 

The ferrymen divided their year in two parts, winter 
and summer — this being the task of the oldest ferryman. It 
was usually from March to December and December to March. 
During the winter season the charges were doubled. As 
long as the horse-boats were kept at anchor there was a 
single charge, but when these boats were taken into the 
wharves the passenger knew his rate would be doubled. 
They had, too, no regular time for running, and did not 
trouble to cross until a boat-load was ready. How many im- 
patient passengers must have waited at the ferry-inn. 

A description of Aquilla Rose's funeral may be interest- 
ing — he was printer, poet, clerk of the Assembly and a man 
honored for merit, not wealth:— 

His corpse attended was by Friends so soon 
From seven at morn till one o'clock at noon, 
By master printers carried toward his grave, 
Our city's printer such an honour gave, 
A worthy merchant did the widow lead 
And they both took a stately steed. 
Next preachers, common council, aldermen, 
A judge and sheriff graced the solemn train, 
Nor failed our treasurer in respect to come, 
Nor stayed the keeper of the rolls at home, 
With merchants, shopkeepers, the young, the old, 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 73 

A numerous throng not very easy told, 

And what still adds a lustre to it, 

Some rode well mounted, others walked afoot. 

# * * * .* * 

Thus died and was buried- 

A lovely poet whose sweet fragrant name 

Will last till circling years shall cease to move. 

S. Keimer's Eulogium. 

Thomas Chalkley, who was present at this funeral, records 
in his diary mention of another funeral when a thousand 
people were present. 

Everybody knew everybody else in those days, and funer- 
als and weddings were occasions that brought many together 
to show their respect, and perhaps, too, to enjoy this chance 
of seeing their neighbors and friends. 

Aquila Rose was an early literary celebrity, indeed he 
was Philadelphia's first poet, and the friend of James Logan, 
who with Gov. Keith and Thomas Chalkley attended his 
funeral.* Scarf's History gives three dates for his death, 1725 
manifestly incorrect, and June and August, 1723, saying that 
the preference is given to the June date. This, too, can 
scarcely be, as the lease was not given until August 19, 1723. 
The date has been considered an important one, as it likewise 
helps fix the date of the coming of Benjamin Franklin to 
Philadelphia. 

When Franklin went to see Wm. Bradford, he told him 
that his son's (Andrew) head printer had died so recently 
that he did not think he could have had time to get anyone 
in his place. And Franklin filled Aquila Rose's place in 
Bradford's office as head printer. 

When Franklin visited Keimer he found him composing 
and setting up at the same time an eulogy on Aquila Rose, a 
part of which is: — 

'•He loved plain Truth, but hated formal Cant 

In those who Truth and Honesty did want. 

A curious artist at his business, he 

Could Think, and Speak, Compose, Correct so free, 

To make a Dead Man Speak or Blind to see. ' ' 

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74 THE MA ULSBY FAMILY 

His son, Joseph Rose, who was afterward Franklin's ap- 
prentice, collected his father's poems, ' 'excepting the ones that 
were lent out," and published them in 1840. In his preface 
he says:— 

"A poet e'en did poetry disown? 

Or for a distant livelihood give o'er, 

Those instant pleasures that he felt before; 

Yet so Aquila did— the rustic toil, 

To make firm landings on a muddy soil 

Erect a ferry over Schuylkill's stream, 

A benefit to thousands— death to him! 

He saw his causeways firm above the waves. 

And nigh the deeps unless a storm outbraves 

When gusts unusual strong with wind and rain. 

Swelled Schuylkill's water o'er the humble plain, 

Sent hurrying all the moveables afloat, 

And drove afar the needful'st thing, the boat, 

'Twas then that wading through the chilling flood 

A cold ill humor mingled with his blood." 

If Aquila died in August it does not seem possible that 
he saw his "causeways firm," excepting in imagination. It 
seems wiser to grant him his literary fame and give John 
Maultsby the credit for the building of the ferry and for the 
management* of it until the expiration of the lease in 1744, 
when not wishing it renewed it was granted to George Gray. 
True Maultsby did not get the grant from the executor until the 
following September, 1724, but very likely he had tried his hand 
at the running of it for the widow, before deciding positively 
on taking it permanently or being ready to give up farming 
for that purpose. 

The ' 'middle ferry" soon became valuable property. The 
Darby road originally crossed here; the old York road, the 
Baltimore Post and Stage road, the Chadd's Ford road began 
here; the Westchester road, the road to Lancaster and Haver- 
ford, all used this crossing, and the amount of travel was 
great. 

*We have been unable to And any record to prove that John Maultsby managed 
the ferry, hut on the other hand no new lease seems to have been given until the 
expiration of his term in 1714. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 75 

As early as 1750 a committee was appointed to select a 
suitable place over Market St. for a bridge, and the place 
where "Captain Coultas now keeps his ferry" was decided 
on, but the bridge was not built until the Revolutionary days 
(1776) , and then it was only a temporary structure. 

When Evan Evans took the lease in 1757, he paid the city 
for the privilege £175 per year. 

During John Maultsby's lease came the severe winter of 
1732-3, when ice fifteen inches thick formed on the Schuylkill, 
and on its breaking up did great damage, and all the ferries 
were blocked. 

The Will of Aquila Rose 

The will of Aquila Rose, printer, of the city of Philadel- 
phia, is dated the 19th day of August, A.D. 1723. He be- 
queaths his property to his wife and son Joseph, and ap- 
points his wife Mary and his good friend John Copson, mer- 
chant, his executors. 

The will is proved Sept. 23, 1723. 

According to the inventory taken 25 August, 1724, the 
ferry does not seem to have been very valuable property at 
that time: — 

House Ferry Causey Flat and Improvement £100 

Small cart, 2 old boats, 2 wheel-barrows, 2 axes, shovel and 

pick ax £ 5 6 6 

Nor were his personal belongings numerous, for the in- 
ventory continues: — 

Feather and flock bed, bolster, 2 pillows, 2 sheets, 2 blankets 

curtains, Vevilings and sack bottom bedstead 
3 sheets and 3 blankets 
Wearing apparel 
Dressing table and couch 
2 pewter dishes, 6 plates and 4 chairs 
Small pine table 
Old gun, pine chest 

£114 10 
Appraised by: 

J. Cadwaldek, 
Edward Roberts. 
Further improvements of said estate were made by the ex- 
ecutors and sold for £79 13 6 



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Perhaps it is because indexed under the name of Aquila 
"Reese" that the knowledge of the contents of the will of 
Aquila Rose has so long slumbered in oblivion. It decides 
the time of his death, and from the inventory of the property- 
it seems likely that certain improvements were made by the 
executors— possibly the building of the causeways formerly 
referred to, as in the accounts a number of small sums are 
paid, apparently for day labor. 

John Maultsby, having been raised at the Spring Mill 
ferry over Schuylkill, a few miles further up the river, was 
probably appealed to to take charge of the work at the death 
of Rose, and it seems finally accepted. His step-brother 
Rees William was one of the creditors of the Rose estate, and 
it may have been through him that this came about. 

Family of John Maultsby 

John and Mary Maultsby are said to have had a large 
family of children, but of them we have lost trace. The 
Friends' records in Pennsylvania give the names of three only • 

(8). Anthony Maulsby, b. 3, 2, 1714, Gwynedd. 
(9). John Maulsby, b. 1, 30, 1716, Gwynedd. 
(10). Joseph Maltby, died 2, 10, 1727, Philadelphia.* 

Probably they removed to the south or west. 

We have found however two records that seem to relate 
to them. 

It was probably his son John Malsby, or a grandson, who 
became the owner, or part owner, and master of the ship 
"Three Sisters," but of him, too, trace has been lost. 

Ill Series Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. VII. Mediterranean Passes, 
No. 2271, June 2, 1762, Ship Three Sisters— John Malsby, 200 tons, a trans- 
port in his Majesty's service, John Malsby. 

Another John Malsbury settled in Bucks Co. , Pa. He 
probably also belonged to this family, but may have been the 
son of Merchant Maulsby, Sr. 

Land Warrants in Bucks Co. (See Penna. Archives, Vol. 
24) gives:— 

John Malsbury, tracts of 30 acres and 47 acres, July 22, 1762. 

*Therewas, at this time, a Friends' burying-giound at tlie west end of tlie 
Market Street bridge. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 77 

Some of his supposed descendants are living in Doylestown and vi- 
cinity. 

(Abel) Maulsby, possibly his son, married Susanna (Hannah), daugh- 
ter of John Doan, born 1750. Abel died before 1786, when a petition is 
recorded for a guardian for his son Aaron, who was "over 14 years old" 
at this time. 

Aaron Malsbury was married to Rachel Michener by John Wilson, 
Esq., J. P. of Buckingham, and had a son David, who lived in Doyles- 
town. Also three daughters:— 

Susan, died at an advanced age. 

Mary, married Ephriam Lewis. 

Rachel, married Wm. Sampson. 

David Malsbury was born July 10, 1790; died March 22, 
1880; m. Sarah Lewis, b. 1795; d. March 12, 1881. Their 
children:— 

1. Oliver died July 4, 1905; m. Hannah Moore. No children. 

2. Nathan Lewis, b. 1819; d. 1898; m. Sarah Forker.H 

3. James, b. 1825; d. 1S90; m. Mary Stilwagon. 

4. William, was killed in the Civil War; m. Lydia Claypole and left 
two children: Annie, who married Charles Horn (and has one child, 
May) —and Ella, who married Wm. Horn (no children), 

5. Elizabeth, died single. 

6. Mary Ann, died single. 

Children of Nathan Lewis and Sarah Malsbury 

1. Annie, m. Wm. R. Force, and has children: Myra, Mabel (wife 
of Wm. Constantine, has one child, Myra), and William (m. Sarah 
Closson and have one child, Norman). 

2. Helen, m. George P. Conard: children:— E. Florence, m. M. C. 
Sentman (and has Myrtle, Elinor and Ida), and Annie, m. Joseph 
Sentman. 

3. Clinton, 1849—1849. 

4. Jane, 1852—1856. 

Children of James and Mary Malsbury 

1. Lucinda, deceased. 

2. Thomas, married, no children. 

3. Elwood. married. 

4. Harry, m. Ella Vasey, no children. 

5. Frank, m. Lizzie Atkinson, and had Mahlon and Lawrence (both 
deed.). 

6. Oliver, married, no children. 

7. Carrie. 

8. Edward, m. Bertha Kirk, and has Carrie and Mildred. 

9. Anna, m. Edward Conard, and has Earl, 

10. Howard, deceased. 

11. Lettie, deceased. 

12. Dollie, deceased. 



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THE MAULSBY FAMILY 



The earlier generations of this family are said to have re- 
sided in Bucks and Montgomery counties, near the county 
line. 

The family were Quakers, and all attended the Friends' 
meeting for five generations, David Malsbury and his son 
Lewis being Quakers. 

On one side or the other there was Welsh blood, and Mrs. 
Conrad says she "well remembers" her "grandmother Mals- 
bury speaking of grandfather's Welsh blood, when he would 
get a little spunky." 

1744—4 mo. 21, Samson Maleby, or Malsby, and Rebekah Willson were 
married in Philadelphia. Possibly he belonged to the family. 




V 
WILLIAM AND ROSE MALSBY 

"Our deeds determine us as much as 
we determine our deeds." 

WILLIAM MALSBY, or Maltby, son of William 
Maltby, the emigrant, was born in Nottingham- 
shire, England, in the Parish of Estwood, on the 
ISthday of lOmo.,1695. 

He was raised in the Wilhams home at Spring Mill, and 
taught the trade of mason. 

In 1715 he is living among his mother's people in Ches- 
ter township (Chester Co. ) . He is a "single man" and so 
designated on the tax rolls. All over 18 years were taxed 
at this time. 

On October 18, 1721, William Malsby, mason, bought a 
tract of 200 acres of land from John Kendall and wife, for 
the sum of £60, in Limerick township, Philadelphia Co., 
(now Montgomery) Pa. [Phila. Deeds, I 3, 301], about 
six miles distant from Plymouth Meeting. 

He was married, 2d mo. 19, 1732, to Rose Rees, at Ply- 
mouth Meeting house. 

The following is taken from the records of Gwynedd 
Monthly Meeting:— 

Whereas, William Maulsby* of Plymouth, in the County of Philadel- 
phia and Province of Pennsylvania, and Rose Rees, daughter of John 
Rees of the township of in the County and Province aforesaid, hav- 
ing declared their intentions of marriage with each other before several 
monthly meetings of the People called Quakers, held at Gwynedd in the 
County and Province aforesaid according to the Good order used amongst 

♦There is a record that William Maultby and Dor. Stegleigh were married Nov. 
12,1728, in Philadelphia, but of them we know nothing further. Possibly William 
Maulsby was a widower at the time of his marriage to Rose Rees. The above Wm. 
Maultby however was married by a minister— and we have no Friends record to 
show that our William Maltby was "dealt with" for this offence against Friends 
discipline. 

(79) 



80 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

them and having consent of Parents and relations concerned their sd pro- 
posal of marriage was allowed of by the sd meeting, etc. 

The witnesses signing the marriage certificate were: Merchant 
Maulsby, David Maulsby, John Rees, Ellen Rees, Edward Rees, Jane 
Rees, Hannah Rees, Jr., Joseph William (his half brother), Sarah Wil- 
liam (wife of Joseph), and eight others. — From Records at Friends Li- 
brary, Phila.— Department of Records. 

In 1734 William Mallsby's name is given among the Landholders of 
Phila. as owning 200 acres of land in Limerick.— Pub. of Genealogical 
Soc. of Pa., Vol. 1. 

Rose Maulsby was the daughter of John, Yeoman, and Han- 
nah Rees, of Plymouth or Whitpain township, who had 
^ I -' first settled in "Radnor in the Welsh Tract," but, owing 
, .; ^' V ^^ ^^® Welsh manner of changing the name each genera- 

, ■ ' ^ tion, it is hard for an amateur in such matters to designate 

^^'^ \. ' definitely any particular family at this time. 

' P' They had however the following children:— 

Edward Rees, who married Eliz., dau. of Oliver, 11 mo. 17, 1726-7. 
Witnesses: John and Hannah Rees, Elen Rees, Mary and Jane 
Thomas, and others. 

Rose, married Wm. Maulsby, 2 mo. 19, 1733, at Plymouth. Witnesses: 
Merchant Maulsby, David Maulsby, Joseph Williams, Sarah Wil- 
liams, John and Hannah Rees, Edward Rees, Ellen Rees, Jane 
Rees, Hannah Rees, Jr. 

Ellen Rees, married Abraham, son of Jacob Rhodes, of Darby, Chester 
Co. 7, 24, 1733, at Plymouth. Witnesses: John and Hannah Rees, 
Edw. Rees, Jacob Rhoads, Jacob Rhoads, Jr., John Rhoads, Isaac 
and Elizabeth Rhoads. 

Hannah, m. John Bell of Norriton, 3 mo. 14, 1745. Witnesses: John 
and Hannah Rees, John Rees, Edward Rees, Eliz. Rees, Cath- 
arine Rees. 9,8, 1774, m. Joseph Jones. Witnesses: Ellen Rhodes, 
John Rees, Jemima Bell. 

John Rees, m. Catharine Evans, 9 mo. 11, 174<i. Witnesses: John 
Rees, Edw. Rees. 

It seems as if this mai*riage must have preceded the former one, as 
at that Catharine Rees signs as a witness. 

Jane Rees, m. Samuel Davis, 3 mo. 24, 173G. Witnesses: John and 
Hannah Rees, Edward and Elizabeth Rees. 

John Rees was appointed the first recorder of births and burials at 
Plymouth, 25th 12 mo., 1722. 

The Friends, although so closely connected in all the af- 
fairs of daily life, sometimes had differences, even in those 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 81 

golden days of the early settlement, but, like that of John 
Rees and Richard Morris, they were usually happily settled. 

1718. Being informed of some Difference Depending between Richard 
Morris and John Rees, viz. : the sd John Rees has lost or mislaid his deed 
wh he had of Richd Morris, on a tract of land he purchased of the said 
Richard. Now the advice of this meeting is that they, in a friendly man- 
ner. Refer the matter Depending to two able judicious men. Both being 
present (they) agreed to refer the same to David Lloyd and Robt. Jones 
of Merion & to their Determination and final judgment. 

Two months later- 
Account was given that ye differences depending between Richard 

Morris and John Rees was fully ended. 

On an old deed at Norristown, Pa., are the signatures of John and 

Mary Maultsby, witnessed by "Marchant Maultsby" and "William 

Maltsby. ' ' For once in their lives three of the brothers seem to have spelled 

their names (nearly) in the same way. 

Limerick was formed into a Township in 1732. In 1734 
it had 21 residents. [William Malsby, who settled here in 
1721, must have been one of the earliest settlers. He owned 
200 acres.] 

The settlers soon began to feel the need of a burial place, 
and a lot was donated for that purpose containing 18 rods 
square, or 2 acres and 4 perches. The right of burial was al- 
lowed to all persons who would help to maintain its proper 
enclosure. 

There was no deed given at first, but a few years later, 
after the death of the original grantors, in July 12, 1738, deed 
was given to 23 trustees, among whom were William Mauls- 
by, Henry and Barnabas Coulston, for the consideration of 5 
shillings— "granted to their heirs forever, subject to a yearly 
rent of 1 pepper-corn, " if demanded. At this time there was 
no church, but a school house was built and used for funeral 
services. The earliest date in the graveyard is 1732. 

In 1807 the Legislature was petitioned for a lottery to 
raise $2000 to build a Union Church on this lot for Lutherans, 
German Reformed and Episcopalians. The charter for the 
lottery was granted 1808, and $1500 was realized from it. 
The corner-stone was laid in 1817. It is called the Limerick 



82 1 HE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Union Church, and is situated one-half mile above Limerick 
Square, on the west side of the Reading turnpike. 

On the Limerick farm the following children of William 
and Rose Rees Maulsby were born: — 

John, m. Lydia John, and died in 1809, in Lost Creek, Tenn. 
David, m. Margaret Hussey, and lived near Belair, Md., d. 1807. 

William, m. Ann , died in W. Va. 

Benjamin, never married, died at Belair, Md. 

Hannah, m. Moses Frazier, of Warrington, Pa. 

Eleanor, m. Maurice Malsby (of Merchant), and died at Belair, Md. 

William Malsby the father is buried at Newberry Friends' 
Meeting-house [old burying ground], York Co., Pa. The 
Meeting-house is still standing, but is now used as a dwelling. 

Rose Malsby, and her children, David and Margaret 
(Peggy), Benjamin, Eleanor and Morris are all buried at the 
Friends Meeting-house, at Fallston (or Little Falls) , Md. 

The old Maulsby Bible was in possession of Eliz. Rogers 
(adopted daughter of Betsy Brown, the daughter of Eleanor 
and Maurice) shortly before her death, and was given by her 
to some member of the family. It will likely be found in the 
family of Hannah Frazier, of whom we have not found trace. 

In Limerick the family of William Malsby grew to man- 
hood and womanhood, and were educated at the school at 
Limerick Square, for the rental of which property their de- 
scendants are subject today to a "yearly rent of 'one pepper 
corn' if demanded." 

John the oldest son married at Nantmeal Meeting on the 
21st of 5 mo., 1766, Lydia, daughter of Samuel John, who as 
her name implies was of Welsh descent, as was his mother 
Rose Rees. 

Nantmeal was a branch of Uwchlan or Youghland Meet- 
ing, both situated in the "Welsh Tract." 

"TredyfFrin, Cain and Nantmeal hold 
Traditions of those sires of old; 
While Uwchlan, in her inmost vale. 
May hear at eve some Cambrian tale. " 

Samuel John (the grandfather of Lydia John Maulsby) 
and his brother Griffith John were sons of John Philip of 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 83 

Pembrokeshire, Wales, and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1709, 
settling in Uwchlan. 

Samuel John died in 1766 in his eighty-seventh year, hav- 
ing been a minister of Unchlan Meeting for 54 years. 

Griffith lived to be ninety-five, and at his death in 1778 
had been a "minister near 70 years," 

To both of these worthy men memorials were drawn up 
from the Uwchlan Meeting, and are published in the "Collec- 
tion of Memorials" concerning "Divers deceased Ministers 
and others of the People called Quakers, " etc.; Phila., 1787. 

In 1767 (the year following the marriage of John Mauls- 
by and Lydia John), William Maulsby, of Limerick township, 
Phila. Co., Mason, and Rose his wife deed to their son, John 
Maulsby, yeoman, the above named 200 acres for the sum of 
£400 and the natural affection they bear him. — Phila. Deed 
Book, I 3, 259. 

In the Proprietary tax for Limerick township, 1769, John 
Malsby is taxed for 200 acres, 4 horses and 5 cattle, £16, 12d, 8s. 

William Malsby, the father, is then living on 2 acres with 
one horse, and ' one cattle, ' with a tax of £2, 16s, Od. 

The Newberry Settlement 

About this time the family seem to have decided to re- 
move to Newberry— a settlement of Friends. Limerick town- 
ship contained a large proportion of Germans, among whom 
were a sect known as Schwenckf elders, whose religious belief 
was similar to the Mennonites. It had few if any Friends at 
this time, and they were quite a distance from Gwynedd 
Meeting, to which they belonged. 

"As early as 1717 we hear of Keiths' tract called New- 
berry, but Newberry township was not laid out until 1742. 

"A large proportion of its settlers were English Quakers, 
an intelligent and industrious people, and although non-re- 
sistant early championed the cause of American freedom and 
many joined the Revolutionary army. 

' 'They had a good and successful school, taught by Law- 
rence Frost, of Chester Co. 



84 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

"The old Newberry Meeting-house not being in a central 
location, for some years, a Meeting was held at William Mals- 
by's house, then in Newberry township (but now in Fair- 
view). At his death it was proposed to build a new Meeting- 
house, but the meeting was held for a few years at the house 
of Samuel John, and discontinued in 1784, it being thought 
best to have all meet at Newberry. ' ' —History of York Co. , Pa. 

The John family and the Coulstons both emigrated west- 
ward at this time. 

This branch of the Coulstons was descended from Ann 
Rhodes, daughter of Jacob Rhodes, of Darby. 

The Establishment of Newberry Meeting 

The first settlers came from the meetings in southern 
Chester Co. and New Castle Co., Del., and presented their 
certificate of removal toSadsburyM. M., from which the fol- 
lowing minute is taken: 

3 mo. 7, 1739. — "There being Divers families of friends of late settled 
on the West Side of Susquohanno, Some of them have produced Certifi- 
cates to this Meeting from Kenet Meeting, where they formerly Dwelt, 
their being four Mentioned In one Certificate bearing Date ye 10th of ye 
2 mo. 1738 Vizt Nathan Husy (Hussey), Ann his wife, John Garrison 
(Garretson) and Content his wife, John Day and Ann his wife, Chris- 
topher Husy (Hussey) and Ann his wife and another Certificate from the 
same place bearing date ye 4th of ye 5th mo. 1738 Recommends Joseph 
Benett and Rebecka his wife. All so: wch Meeting receives in Mem- 
bership with us. 

"The Friends of that Settlement being desirous of a Toleration from 
this meeting to keep meetings of worship Every first day and fourth day 
of ye week for six months time wch request Is Granted." 

For some years this meeting was held at the house of 
John Day. 

At the first Quaker wedding held in York Co., 5, 29, 1740 (Robert 
Hodgin and Theodate Seal), amongst those "signing the certificate" were 
(under name of bride and groom) : — Anne Hussey, Nathan Hussey, John 
Hussey, Christopher Hussey, Ann Hussy, Margret Hussy. 

Ann Hussey also sig^ned the first marriage certificate at Huntington 
(Nicholas Wireman and Sarah Cox). 

Anne Hussey also signed the certificate of George McMillan to Ann 
Hinshew, who were married at Warrington 10, 5, 1758. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 85 

Jonathan McMillan, b. 3 mo. 2, 1772, m. 11 mo. 16, 1797, at Warring- 
ton Meeting, Ann Hussey, daughter of Jediah and Jane. They removed 
to Miami M. M. Ohio about 1806. 

Christopher and Nathan Hussey sign the certificate of James and 
Rebecca (Cox) Frazier. 

Christopher Hussey present at marriage of Elihu Underwood and 
Margaret (Marsh), 12 mo. 30, 175G, at Warrington, also Elizabeth Hussey. 

Oct. 29, 1764, a lot of ground on the north side of Philadelphia St., 
York, was purchased from Nathan Hussey and Edith his wife (Deed Book, 
G Co., page 153, Recorder's Office, York) and on this lot a brick meeting- 
house was built, 1766. In his will, dated 1 mo. 25, 1773, Nathan Hussey be- 
queathed to the Meeting a lot adjoining on the west. Nathan Hussey 
was one of the Friends contributing to the building fund. 

Hannah Hussey, dau. of Record and Miriam Hussey, removed to Gun- 
powder Mtg., Md., 1790. 

Edith, d. of Record and Miriam, m. at Warrington to James Marsh 
and took a certificate to Baltimore in 1810 (two children, Zilla and Amos), 
but afterwards removed to Ohio. 

Margaret Howard says: Margaret Hussy, wife of David Maulsby 
(son of Wm.), had a sister married — Price (Aunt Price of Gunpowder), 
and had two brothers — Nathan, a tanner and courrier [.^] and Geo. 
Hussey, owner and keeper of the Wheatfield Inn, on Howard St. 

The Newberry Meeting House 

In the center of the quaint old-fashioned village of New- 
berrytown that has grown up around it, stands the old 
Friends Meeting house of ' 'Newberry. ' ' It was built in 1792, 
and is a substantial structure of stone that is now used as 
a dwelling house. In the door-yard sweet old-fashioned 
flowers grow. 

It is situated in northern York Co. , eight miles northeast 
of Warrington, ten miles south of Harrisburg, and thirteen 
miles north of York. 

It was the first meeting house built west of the Susque- 
hanna River, from which it is about five miles distant. 

At the time in which it was built it was the center of a 
large Quaker population, who had settled in the red sand- 
stone belt, known by them as "the Red Lands." 

The descendants of these early settlers emigrated south 
and west, till few if any remain in the immediate neighbor- 
hood. 



86 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

From the preceding minutes it seems that the meeting 
was established in 1739, meeting at a private house (John 
Day's) until the first meeting-house of log was built in 1745. 

The original Newberry Meeting land consisted of a hexa- 
gonal tract including 42 acres and 61 perches, surveyed April 
10, 1767, to John Garretson and Joseph Hutton, in trust for 
the Society of Friends. The old burial ground in Newberry- 
town, overgrown and neglected, is now all this tract that is 
owned by the Friends. Here Wm. Malsby is buried. The 
old Meeting-house (whose stone in the west gable gives date 
of 1792) was sold by a special act of the State Legislature in 
1811, and a new house built two miles distant from the town 
on a five-acre lot. 

The meeting is now extinct, owing to the westward emi- 
gration of the Friends, but the building and grounds are kept 
in good repair. 

At Warrington M. M., 5 mo. 21, 1840, "Newberry Friends 
inform they have enclosed a graveyard at Newberry Meeting 
house; they propose closing the former one (in Newberry- 
town) it being full." 

Warrington Meeting 

The Warrington Meeting, further west, was established 
regularly in 1745, and a log meeting-house erected on a tract 
of 29 acres and 156 perches on a Branch of the Conewago 
Creek. Owing to some irregularity in the deed, the land was 
declared vacant and granted by patent of 1 mo. 22, 1767, from 
John Penn, Lieutenant-Governor, to four trustees: Wm. Gar- 
retson, Wm. Underwood, Wm. Penrose and Peter Cleaver, in 
trust for the Society of Friends. Consideration, £9, 12s, 9d. 

In 1769 a new stone building was built near the old house, 
whose foundations have been located in the graveyard. In 
1782 it was enlarged on the north side to nearly double the 
original size. The following year the other end was thor- 
oughly repaired. 

It is a fine old building, surrounded by primeval forest 
trees, but the Friends from this neighborhood, too, emigrated 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 87 

westward, and now but one meeting a year is held at Warring- 
ton; but the buildings are kept in good repair. 

Warrington is fourteen miles northwest of York, and 
eight miles south of Dillsburg Station, on a branch of the 
Cumberland Valley Railroad— its nearest approach by rail. 

We are now dependent on the Friends records for further 
history of William and Rose Malsby. The Monthly Meeting 
was held at Warrington at this time. 

[The Account of Newberry and Warrington Meetings is taken partly 
from the "Immigration of the Irish Quakers," by Albert Cook Myers.] 

At Warrington Monthly Meeting, York Co., Pa., 7th mo. 8th, 17G9. 
A certificate was produced to this meeting for William Maulsby and Rose 
his wife and two children, viz.: Benjamin and Eleanor, from Gwynedd 
Monthly Meeting, dated 5 mo. 30, 1769, which was read and accepted. 

John Maulsby, at the same time "produced a certificate to this meet- 
ing for himself, wife and son Joseph." 

And a month later— "William Maulsby, Jr., produced a certificate to 
this meeting from Gwinedd, dated 25th of 7th mo, 1769," which was also 
accepted. 

Hannah brought her certificate from Gwynedd, dated 5, 29, 1770, to 
Warrington, 8, 11, 1770. The next year Hannah and Moses Frazier were 
complained of for marriage by a priest,* and disowned from meeting. 

David, the second son, was living in York as early as 1779, and may 
have preceded the family there. We have not found his certificate of 
removal. 

At Warrington Monthly Meeting, York Co., Pa., 7th mo. 8, 1775: 

"Some friends Living a considerable distance from Newberry Meet- 
ing request to have the Liberty of holding week day meetings, which |s 
left under Consideration until'next meeting" (Men's Minutes). "The 
friends living near Yellow Britches [creek] requests to be indulged with 
holding a week day meeting at the House of William Maulsby, which is 
left under consideration until next meeting" (Women's Minutes). 

At the next monthly meeting a committee was appointed by the 
men's meeting, and one by the women's meeting, to consider holding a 
meeting at the house of William Maulsby and "report their sense to next 
meeting." 

9, 9, 1775, the committees both reported favorable and "nothing ap- 
pearing to object against their request they are allowed to hold a meet- 
ing on fifth day in each week Except the week of Newberry preparative 
meeting." In order to strengthen and encourage them a committee from 
the men's and one from the women's meeting was appointed "to sit with 
them at times as they may find their way opened so to do." 

•Marriage by a "priest" means by a minister in the old Friends' records. 



88 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

11, 9, 1776, Newberry Meeting informs this "that the Friends that are 
Indulged with the holding a week day meeting now requests Liberty to 
hold a first day Meeting at the same place during the winter season." 
It was decided to hold first day meetings at the house of William Maulsby 
and "Friends are desired to be thoughtful of them, and when way opens 
in the love of Truth to attend that Meeting." William's death occurred 
before the next record of meetings held at his home. 

1, 9, 1779. "The Committee appointed by a former Meeting to have 
care of the Meeting at the late Dwelling place of William Maulsby, De- 
ceased, are desired to attend that Meeting and report their sense thereof 
unto next meeting. " The meetings continued at the widow Maulsby's 
for more than a year. 

3, 11, 1780. "Newberry Meeting Informs this that the Friends of the 
little Meeting held at the widow Maulsby's requests to have the Liberty 
of meeting at the house of SamuelJohn,* it not being convenient for some 
reasons to meet at the former place much longer; which being considered 
in this meeting is concurred with." 

5, 10, 1779, William Maulsby having desired in his will that guai-dians 
be appointed for his son Benjamin as he was not capable of acting for 
himself; Ellis Lewis and Edward Jones were appointed guardians for him. 

2, 11, 1786. Rose Maulsby requests a certificate to Gunpowder for 
self and son Benjamin. 

And— in 1786. "Women's Meeting informs that Rose Maulsby re- 
quests a certificate for herself and her son Benjamin to Gunpowder 
Monthly Meeting, and he is a person not capable of acting for himself, 
and his father having committed him and his estate to the care of this 
Monthly Meeting, it appearing to be the sense of this meeting to ap- 
point a committee to take that case into consideration and report their 
sense thereof to next Monthly Meeting." 

This committee seems to have put the matter into the 
hands of the Gunpowder Friends. 

Two months later Rose Maulsby was living on a farm of 
400 acres at Belair, Maryland, near the Friends Meeting of 
Little Falls. 

11, 10, 1787. Gunpowder Friends (Monthly meeting was held at this 
time at Gunpowder) informs the Warrington M. meeting that Rose 
Maulsby and her son Benjamin now live on land purchased by William 
Maulsby, 3d, who has not a title, as the purchase money is not all paid. 
The letter from Gunpowder says: "We have therefore in behalf of Benja- 
min taken William Maulsby's Bond of conveyance for as much land at 
three pounds 5 shillings per acre as amounts to the sum stated in your 

♦Samuel aud Ann John were the father and mother of Lydia(John) Maleby, 
and had removed to Newberry in 1768. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 89 

last letter, including the buildings, orchard, meadow Ground and a pro- 
portionable part of the Timber Land," which if satisfactory an early 
answer is desired "that Rose may obtain a certificate as she seems de- 
sirous to sit meetings of business." 

Rose Malsby and her son Benjamin received their certifi- 
cate dated 1, 12, 1788, at Gunpowder Monthly Meeting-, held at 
Little Falls, Harford Co., Md., 2d mo. 29, 1788. 

At the farm in the edge of Belair, Rose and Benjamin— 
"Uncle Bennie" — lived and died, and Eleanor, or "Cousin 
Nelly" as she was known in the family, spent the remainder 
of her days. 

We have no record of "Uncle Bennie's" death (that too, 
is in the old Bible) , but he probably lived to a good old age. 
The large wooden rocking chair in which he sat, much cut 
and marked by his knife, has been for years the property of 
Wm. Pinkney Hamilton, of Brooklyn, N. Y. It is now owned 
by his only daughter, (Anna Webb) Mrs. Charles Wood, of 
Harrisburg, Pa. 

Whatever his afflictions, they did not prevent his being 
greatly beloved in the family, and his brothers John and Wil- 
liam both named sons for him. 

William Malsby (Maltby) the father lived to be 86 years 
old. His will was not recorded in York Co. , although from 
the Friends' records we know that he left a will. 

During the Revolution, William Malsby, a strict Friend, 
was a non-resistant. The fact of being non-resistant has 
sometimes caused the Friends to be considered Tories when 
their sympathies were undoubtedly with the Colonists. The 
records show he was not a slave holder. 

In Newberry township, York Co., in 1779: — 

Rosannah Maulsby owns— 70 acres, has no negroes, but 2 horses and 
2 cattle. Her tax is £3, 8s, Od, and £5, Os, Od. 

William Maulsby owns — 200 acres, no negroes, 2 horses and 3 cattle; 
tax, £166, Os, Od. 

In 1880— Rosannah— 70 acres, 2 horses, 2 cattle; tax, £5, 15s, Od. 

For the same year William Maulsby owns 200, 2 h., 4 cattle; tax, £30, 
Os, Od. — Penna. Archives, III Series, Vol. XXI. 

In 1781— Rosanna Maulsby taxed for— 70 acres, 1 horse, 1 cattle— 
£1, Os, Od; refused £1, Os, Od. 



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William Maulsby— 244 acres, no horse, 1 cattle— £4, 14s, 4d. 

In 1782— Rosanna Malsby— 100 acres, 2 h., 2 c— £3, 2s, 6d. 

In 1783— Rosannah Malsby has 70 acres and 3 inhabitants.— Penna. 
Archives, Series III, Vol. XIV, XXL [This is probably her own family: 
self, Elinor and Benjamin.] 

John Maulsby the oldest son owned no property in York 
Co. He probably lived on and farmed for his father the 200 
or 244 acres, William and Rose, with the younger children, 
living on Rosannah's land. 

III. (15). Eleanor Maulsby. The life of the youngest 
daughter of William and Rose Maulsby seems almost a 
part and a continuation of their own, and so is placed here. 

It was she who cared for the aged mother to the last, 
and then lived on in the old home at Belair, caring for the 
afflicted brother Benjamin. 

7, 30, 1797. Eleanor Maulsby's certificate is received 
at Little Falls, and the same year she was a representa- 
tive to the Yearly Meeting "held in Baltimore town." 

In 1791-, 3d mo. 22nd, she was married to her cousin 
Morris or Maurice Malsby, son of Merchant Maulsby, Sr. , 
who was a widower without children. Her marriage was 
followed by her disownment "'' from Friends Meeting, but 
she and her daughter Elizabeth (Betsy) through all the 
following years wore the plain dress and used the plain 
language of the Friends. 

The children of Morris and Eleanor Maulsby were:— 

(44). Elizabeth. 

(45). Edith. 

Edith died young, but Elizabeth lived to be 84 and died at her cousin's, 
Nathan Dean's, where her later years were spent. 

Elizabeth Maulsby (Betsy) married John C. Brown, but had no chil- 
dren. Their adopted daughter, Eliz. Maulsby Brown, married Elijah 
Rogers, of "Matthew's Neighbors," near Belair, Harford Co., Md. 

* Marriage of first cousins was not allowed by Friends. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 91 

The following lines written by Elizabeth Brown (Betsy Brown) were 
found between the leaves of her old Bible: — 

"I have enjoyed the spring of life 

I have endured the toils of its summer 

I have culled the fruits of its autumn 

I am now passing through the regions of its winter 

And am neither forsaken of God nor abandoned by men. 

I see at no great distance the dawn of a new day, 

It is advancing to meet me, 

I run to embrace it. 

Welcome, welcome, eternal spring, hallelujah! 

The first of a spring that shall be eternal." 

They were written shortly before her death, which oc- 
curred in 1876, and is recorded as follows in the Bible of her 
daughter:— 

Departed this life on July 3d, 1876, Elizabeth (Maulsby) Brown, aged 
84 years and 7 days. 

All ready for the harvest. 

The exact date of Elinor's death, too, is in the "old 
Bible". She was born about 1746 and died in 1823, aged about 
77 years. 

Morris her husband probably died before 1810, for at his 
death Eleanor was appointed guardian for their daughter, 

Eleanor Maulsby, with J. Street and Wm. Welsh, security, was ap- 
pointed guardian for her daughter, Elizabeth Maulsby. Property, land in 
Belair. — Harford Co. Records, Belair. 

The marriage certificate of Merchant Maulsby was found 
amongst some papers in an old desk of Betsy Brown's that 
probably dates further back in the family and was perhaps 
owned by one of her grandfathers— either William or Mer- 
chant Maulsby. It seems quite probably the latter, and that 
it was brought to Maryland after his death, as Morris was his 
executor. 

A copy of the marriage certificate of Morris and Eleanor 
Maulsby: — 

I do hereby certify that on the 22d March, 1792, I did legally solemnize 
the Rites of marriage between Maurice Maulsby and Eleanor Maulsby, of 
Harford County, Maryl. 

John Coleman. 
Harfd. County, St. John's Parish, March 22, 1792. 



92 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

Elizabeth Maulsby inherited 400 acres of land and other property. 
Her husband was intemperate, and through him most of the property dis- 
appeared. 

Of Hannah Maulsby, the older sister of Eleanor, we know 
so little that we give it here before taking up the more 
voluminous history of the three brothers, John, David and 
William. 

III. (14). Hannah Maulsby, daughter of William Malsby 
and Rose Rees, was disowned for marriage to Moses Fra- 
zier "by a priest," at Warrington M. Meeting, 1771. We 
have no further record of her family.'^ 

Elizabeth (Betsy) Brown visited cousins by the name 
of Bender, possibly her children, as there were Benders 
living near Warrington for whom the village of Benders- 
ville, Adams Co., Pa., was named. 

HI. (11). John Maulsby, son of William and Rose Maulsby 
I, whose earlier history has been given with theirs, pre- 
ceded them to Maryland, 4, 12, 1777. He requests a cer- 
tificate to Gunpowder for himself and wife Lydia, and 
four children. His certificate is signed and forwarded 

5, 10, 1777, and is received:— 

"Att our Monthly Meeting held at Gunpowder the 20th day of the 
6th month 1777, John Maulsby attended this meeting with a certificate 
from Warrington Monthly Meeting Dated the 10th Day of the 5th mo. 
1777, Recommending himself and wife Lydia, and four children, Susanna, 
Ann, William and Sarah members of our Religious society, which is by 
this meeting received." 

3, 20, 1778— John Malsby, Sr., is appointed for a visit to some of- 
fender. [The members of the family attending Gunpowder and Little 
Falls Meetings always spelled their name Malsby. John Malsby, Junior, 
is John Laugharne Malsby, the son of David Malsby, younger brother of 
William.] 

9, 26, 1778. —John Malsby, Sen'r., attended this Meeting and gave his 
reasons for not attending the Quarterly Meeting, which was satisfactory. 

7, 31, 1779. John Malsby is appointed overseer. 

6, 24, 1786. John Malsby removed to Virginia. 

*Keniiet M. M. Moses Frazier married Mary Allen (born 11 mo. 1, 1738).— His- 
tory of Chester Co. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 93 

5, 2(5, 1787. Case of John Malsby and wife still continued to pro- 
duce a certificate for selves and seven children, Susannah, Ann, William, 
Sarah, Eleanor, John and Lydia. 

6, 30, 1787. A certificate produced for John Malsby, wife and chil- 
dren and forwarded to Hopewell M. Meeting, Virginia. 

Two years later he decides to remove to N. Carolina, and 
the following certificate is granted: — 

To New Garden, N. Carolina. — John Malsby has made a request for 
himself and wife Lydia and their six (seven) children, namely, Ann, 
William, Sarah, Jno., Lydia, Ebeneser and Eleanor to be joined to your 
meeting, therefore after needful enquiry It appears their lives and 
conversations has been in a good degree orderly, frequent attenders of 
our Religious Meeting for worship and settled their outward affairs to 
satisfaction so far as appears, therefore we recommend them to your 
Christian care.— Hopewell M. Meeting, 5, 10, 1789. 

The certificate is made out for seven children. Susan- 
nah the oldest daughter probably remained behind, as the 
next year 

At Winchester, Va. (Frederic Co.), is recorded the marriage license 
of Susannah Maulsby and Henry Baldwin. — Oct. 21, 1790, 

New Garden Monthly Meeting at that time included 
Eastern Tennessee, and John and Lydia Maulsby, and family 
of seven children, tarried but a short time in North Carolina, 
if at all, and then removed to Lost Creek, Tennessee, a 
Quaker settlement, in the central valley of East Tenn. , be- 
tween the French Broad and Holston Rivers. 

Westward Migration 

The migration from the N. Carolina settlement of 
Friends, westward, began as early as 1768, when some of their 
numbers passed over the Allegheny Mountains and laid the 
foundations of Tennessee. In 1784 Friends were settled at 
Nolichucky in East Tenn. They and also their neighbors at 
Lost Creek left their certificates with New Garden M. M. 

In 1787 the Friends at Lost Creek requested of New Garden the right 
to hold meetings, but their request was refused because "they had set- 
tled on lands whose ownership the Indians still claimed; and they were 
advised to move off these lands." But the Lost Creek settlers were un- 
ruly, and in 1791 a committee reported that these Friends "had not paid the 
Indians for their lands and were also holding meetings without authority. " 



94 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

They perhaps knew that it was doubtful if the owner- 
ship of the lands could be rightly proved. This had been the 
case at the Hopewell Meeting, Virginia [near Winchester] . 
When the Friends insisted on paying for the land, some dis- 
honest Indians came forward, and were ready to take what 
was offered, but it was proved that they had no claim to the 
land whatever. 

New Garden M. Meeting was helpless, and finally gave 
up her attempts to control and keep in bounds her emigrant 
children. 

In 1795 a monthly meeting was established at Nolichucky, in Green 
Co., and called New Hope, and in 1796 a meeting house was erected at 
Lost Creek, Jefferson Co. In 1802 the two meetings became New Hope 
and Lost Creek Quarter, a branch of North Carolina Y. M. 

Peter Yarnall visited their meeting in 1796, and the next year Joshua 
Evans ' 'set out with a prospect of trying to get to Tennessee. ' ' With him 
were four Friends, who had "given up to go with and assist me." 

"With two horses to my light wagon we travelled about fifty miles 
the fiirst day, and camped in the woods, near the head of the river Se- 
luda. Next day we crossed the Blue Mountains, and camped again 
in the woods. The wind blew cold, but I felt inward comfort and sup- 
port, which was as a staff to lean upon. Next morning we set for- 
ward and in the evening reached a house where we were kindly enter- 
tained. This was refreshing to my body; for I had not been much used 
to lodge in the woods. * * * Qn the fourth of fourth month, 1797, 
after going about 30 miles, we arrived at New Hope in the Tenn. country, 
and the next day were at their fourth day meeting of Friends, when a 
marriage was accomplished. 

"We then travelled about sixty miles, a part of the road being very 
bad, to Lost Creek, where a number of our Friends are settled." From 
here they went to Grassy Valley and Limestone, and held meetings, and 
then turned eastward again. "In travelling along," he says, "we met 
very many people, men, women and children, going towards new settle- 
ments. * * * My concern was increased on beholding brethren and 
fellow professors too incautious in respect to such hasty removals." 

As the result of his visit, on his return to North Carolina he says: "I 
was likewise concerned to caution Friends against a disposition that leads 
to unsettlement, and to ramble farther out into remote places * * to 
show the great impropriety of the professors of Truth, suffering their 
minds to be captivated with the love of a rambling, lazy life, or going to 
new settlements to seek a maintenance by hunting, etc." 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 95 

There is a most interesting old picture preserved of the 
New Garden meeting-house erected in 1701. It is a large 
barn-like two-story frame building, with the small porch roofs 
that seem to have been inseparable from the early Friends' 
meeting-houses, situated in the forest edge, and around it 
are numerous Friends, gathering for First day Meeting. And 
round about are several covered emigrant wagons that were 
required to bring the larger sized family of that day. Yearly 
Meeting time they were likewise stored with cooked provisions 
for the family and corn blades for the horses, and sometimes, 
also, served for night-time accommodations for the men of 
the family. 

The story of the migrations of John and Lydia Maulsby 
and their family is the history, in the main, of hundreds of 
other Pennsylvania families of Quakers, * who as early as 
1732 began that great southern emigration that was to con- 
tinue, gaining in force, until Revolutionary days; usually 
tarrying a few years by the wayside, in Maryland or Virginia, 
and then pushing onward into the Carolinas (and, a few to 
Georgia) , to establish themselves there for a generation or 
longer. 

Already New Garden Meeting, N. Carolina, had been es- 
tablished in 1750 by a party of emigrants from New Garden 
Monthly Meeting and others from Gwynedd in Pennsylvania, 
and a generation later they or their descendants again per- 
petuated the name of their home meeting, when they estab- 
lished another "New Garden" in Wayne Co., Indiana. 

The Williams family from Gwynedd were there at the es- 
tablishment of the meeting, as the land on which the Meeting- 
house was built was given by Richard Williams. William 
Williams, also from Gwynedd, removed to N. Carolina from 
Loudoun Co. , Va. , in 1762, settling in Chatham Co. , and was a 
member of the Cane Cr. Meeting in Orange Co. 

Both these families may have been nearly related to 
John Maulsby; at least they were surely family friends and 
known to each other, and their descendants intermarried. 

*Fiske says— "the civilizing worlc which they have done, especially perhaps in 
the 18th Century, in North Carolina, has been of inestimable value. 



96 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

Coming of Nantucket Friends 

The earlier Pennsylvania emigrants in North Carolina 
were soon joined by a large body of Nantucket Friends. 

In 1764 Benjamin Barnard emigrated to New Garden. 

In 1761 John Macy emigrated from Nantucket to New Garden. 

About 1773 Timothy Barnard removed there also, and from this time 
on during the Revolution and afterward a steady stream of Nantucket 
emigrants arrived there. 

This was caused mainly by the impossibility of carrying 
on the business of whale fishing, in which most of the inhab- 
itants were engaged during the Revolution"'', and the conse- 
quent hardships arising from the loss of their shipping and 
income derived from their business, which was necessarily at 
a standstill. 

When the difficulties with England again began that cul- 
minated with the war of 1812, another large body of emi- 
grants left the island, going this time to Ohio and Indiana, 
where the former emigration had already arrived by way of 
N. Carolina and Lost Creek, Tenn. 

During these years about 1200 Friends left the island, 
"going into the country, " asObed Macy says in his History 
of Nantucket. A few settled in New York and Pennsyl- 
vania, but the great majority sought Carolina and Ohio. 

Thomas Macy had been an early setfler of Massachusetts, 
coming from Wiltshire, England, and settling in Salisbury, 
county of Essex, where he lived for twenty years, a citizen in 
''good repute," and "acquired a good interest, consisting of 
a tract of 1000 acres." 

During a rain storm he gave shelter to a party of four 
Quakers, and incurred the displeasure of his townsmen and 
was liable to pay a fine of five pounds for every hour of their 
entertainment. 

This was in 1659, and the persecution that he now suffered 
caused him finally to remove from Massachusetts. 

"The tale is one of an evil time, 

When souls were fettered and thought was crime." 

*20 mo., 1775. Mildred Roberts writes from London:— "The city of London and 
our Society have petitioned against the Revolutionary Fishing Bill, which we appre- 
hend to be a ixiost intolerable hardship on the people whose livcliliood depends whol- 
ly upon It, and if shall not have provision from their Neighborhood on the Continent 
must perish. We wish the whole may have the desired effect." 



IHE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 97 

This same year Tristram CofRn, senior, Thomas Macy, Richard 
Swain, Thomas Barnard, Peter Coffin, Christopher Hussey, Stephen 
Greenhef, John Swain and WilHam Pile (with the exception of one-tenth 
part that was retained by Thomas Mayhew) bought the Island of Nan- 
tucket from Thomas Mayhew for '*ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current 
Pay * * * and also two Beaver Hatts, one for myselfe and one for my 
wife." 

To encourage emigration the above ten purchasers each decided to 
take a partner, and the persons chosen were John Smith, Nathanael 
Starbuck, Robert Pike, Thomas Look, Robert Barnard, James Coffin, 
Tristram Coffin, Jr., Thomas Coleman, Edward Starbuck and Thomas 
Mayhew. 

Thomas Macy was the first of the settlers to remove to 
Nantucket [1659], and was afterward chief magistrate of 
the island. 

John G. Whittier, in his poem, ''The Exiles," tells a 
thrilling story of his escape, with his family, in a small boat 
to Nantucket, and how— 

On passed the bark in safety 

Round isle aud headland steep. 
No tempest broke above them, 

No fog-cloud veiled the deep. 

Far round the bleak and stormy Cape 

The vent'rous Macy passed, 
And on Nantucket's naked isle 

Drew up his boat at last. 

And how in log- built cabin. 
They braved the rough sea-weather 

And there in peace and quietude 
Went down life's vale together. 

John Macy, son of Thomas Macy, was born at Salisbury, Mass., July 14, 

1622, d. at Nantucket, Oct. 14, 1691; m. Deborah Gardiner. Their 

son, 
John Macy, carpenter, b. 1675 at Nantucket, d. Nov. 28, 1751; m. Judith 

Worth. In 1711 he and his wife joined the Society of Friends. 

They had 13 children, and were the great-grand-parents of Edwin M. 

Stanton, Secretary of War in Lincoln's administration. 
John Macy, son of John Macy and Judith Worth, b. at Nantucket, Dec. 

11, 1721; d. at New Garden, N. C, 1796; m. Eunice Coleman. They 

had 14 children. They removed to New Garden, 1761. Their son:— 
Barachiah Macy, b. at Nantucket, Feb. 24, 1760, d. near Economy, Ind., 

Aug. 27, 1832; m. Lucinda Barnard at New Garden, March 20, 1783. 

Emigrated to Lost Creek, Tenn., in 1802. Their daughter Mary m. 

David Maulsby. 



98 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

Thomas Barnard, the emigrant from England to Salis- 
bury, Mass. , in 1640, although one of the ten proprietors of 
Nantucket, does not seem to have removed there himself, but 
was killed in Amesbury by Indians in 1677. Some of his 
family however removed to Nantucket. 

Probably all the forenamed families became Friends on 
the establishment of the meeting in 1704. At the time of 
their emigration to Nantucket but a few of their members 
were Friends. There is some doubt about the time of the es- 
tablishment of the meeting. In 1698 Thomas Chalkley vis- 
ited the island and held meetings; and a Friend named Star- 
buck, Mary, wife of Nathanael, who became an eminent min- 
ister, was convinced. When Thomas Story visited the island 
in 1704 the meeting appears to have been first firmly estab- 
lished. He speaks of John Swain and Stephen Hussy already 
being members at the time of his visit. 

At the time the migration began, there were 1200 
Friends on the island; today there are scarcely a dozen. 

Most of the Friends bearing the above names had de- 
scendants in Carolina, at Lost Creek, and finally in Indiana 
and Ohio. The coming of one more family in their midst is 
of interest, as the descendants of Peter Folger likewise inter- 
married with the various branches of the Maulsby family. 

The Nantucket folks found themselves without a miller. 
A mill was built in 1666 on Wesco Pond, and Peter Folger,* an 
inhabitant of Martha's Vineyard, was invited to keep the mill, 
and "his toll was fixed at two quarts for each bushel." He 
was likewise to be weaver, and interpreter to the Indians, and 
his son Eleazer was to act as shoemaker. As an encourage- 
ment to the family a grant of one-half share of land, with ac- 
companying accommodations, was given the father. He ac- 
cepted the invitation and removed to Nantucket in 1663. He 
also acted as surveyor. 

It is also recorded that the first spermaceti whale taken 
by the Nantucket whalers was killed by Christopher Hussey. 
His vessel had been blown far to the northward and fell in 

* Peter Folger was the grandfather of Benjamin Franklin. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 99 

with a school of that species. This was probably about 1712. 
The history of the rise and decline of the whale fishing in 
Nantucket is most interesting. It is given in full by Obed 
Macy, in his "History of Nantucket. " 

The Final Move of John and Lydia Maulsby 

If John and Lydia Maulsby were in the rear of this great 
movement southward, they arrived at New Garden in time to 
be in the van-guard of the western migration that had al- 
ready begun, and which after the close of the Revolution was 
to continue in a steady stream, until the south was depopu- 
lated, by thousands, of its Quaker residents.'*' 

John and Lydia Maulsby spent their remaining years in 
the Lost Creek Settlement in Eastern Tennessee, and were 
laid to rest beneath the cedars in the Lost Creek burying 
ground. This ground, with land for a Meeting house and 
school house, was given by John Mills, in whose house the 
meetings were first held. 

The Meeting house, built between 1790-95, was of hewed 
logs about 30x40 ft. in size. The school was held in the 
Meeting house until about 1800, when a quaint log school- 
house, yet standing, was built. 

The older meeting house was replaced by a frame build- 
ing, after the close of the Civil War. 

In the old school house, the younger Maulsby children 
and, as the years passed, the grandchildren of John and Lydia 
Maulsby, were educated. Among the early teachers was 
Charles Osborn, who was minister and founder of the Manu- 
mission Societies of Tennessee and North Carolina, and who 
was the original publisher and editor of the Philanthropist, 
at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio (1817), which was afterward merged 
into Benjamin Lundy's Genius oj Universal Emancipation, 
and for a number of years issued from Jonesboro, East Ten- 
nessee. Chas. Osborne later (1824) founded the town of 
Economy in Wayne Co. , Ind. 

•Farms that they had cultivated and were worth as much as? 820 per acre were 
sacriflced at $5 or S6, and in several instances the whole congregation of a meeting re- 
moved to Indiana direct. 



100 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Of the children of the next generation (4th), Sarah Mills 
and Eleanor Thornburgh are buried at Lost Creek. 

However kindly nature seemed to the Maulsbys in their 
home in the valley of the Holston, with its bordering moun- 
tain peaks, they were not long in finding that they were not 
in accord with the great body of the people of Tennessee, 
who were slave holders, and very soon the desire to get away 
from slavery became the ruling motive in their midst, and 
the valley of the White Water in Wayne Co. , Indiana, became 
the Mecca toward which their eyes were turned. 

Settlement in Wayne Co. , Indiana 

Between the years of 1814 and 1817 most of the family had 
removed, and were settled near the town of Economy in 
Wayne Co. , Ind. , where the meeting of Springfield was es- 
tablished, and they were members of White Water Monthly 
Meeting. As early as 1817 a good school was provided for 
their children. 

Their farms of from 40 to 100 acres were, in some cases, 
government land that they bought at $1.25 per acre. It was 
rich limestone land, but covered with heavy timber, and the 
work of clearing for cultivation was no easy task. 

This was known as the ' 'Tennessee settlement, " and with 
Charles Osborn and Richard Williams as leading spirits was 
confessedly a great abolition neighborhood, and later an im- 
portant station on the "Underground Railway," organized 
and presided over by Levi Coffin, "its president," formerly 
of North Carolina, but of Nantucket origin, as his name pro- 
claims. 

Anti-slavery days wrought havoc in the Springfield and 
other meetings. Many Friends were disowned at this 
time. It was unfortunately long before the Friends awoke 
to the knowledge that they were fast thinning their ranks 
and driving from their midst ofttimes their brightest mem- 
bers. 

In some of the Indiana meetings a separation took place; 
those advocating extreme measures set themselves up as the 



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"Anti-Slavery Friends." When the War of the Rebelhon 
broke out, having tried all other means of putting an end to 
slavery, they were ready to resort to arms, although at heart 
still Quakers, — a strange paradox. 

From one of their little meetings (Clear Lake in Porter 
Co.) twenty-three or four, practically all their young men, 
went into the army. They were known throughout their 
brigade as the "Quaker Squad." * 

It seems that the songt "We are coming. Father Abra- 
ham," must have originated in their midst— its spirit at least 
was theirs. President Lincoln, with his inheritance of Quaker 
blood and surrounded by his "Quaker War Cabinet," under- 
stood, and wrote a Friend: — 

"Your people, the Friends, have had and are having a very great 
trial. On principle and faith opposed to both w^ar and oppression, they 
can only practically oppose oppression by war. In this hard dilemma 
some have chosen one horn and some the other. For those appealing to 
me on conscientious grounds I have done and shall do the best I can, in 
my own conscience, under my oath to the law." 

In Clear Lake Meeting at least there was no disowning 
for going into the army; how could there be? The war over, 
the entire meeting returned to their former allegiance, drop- 
ping the "Anti-Slavery" from their title. 

This period marks the time when many of this branch of 
the family, for one reason or another, ceased to be Friends, 
and later they or their descendants found homes in other de- 
nominations. 

*For many months they were commanded by Major L. P. Williams, then 1st 
Lieutenant, and Judge Job. Barnard, 1st Sergeant of Co. K, 73rd Indiana Vols., both 
living in Washington, D. C, and grandsons of William Williams, the minister, as 
were several others of their company. 

At the outbreak of the war. Major VVillams was editing a paper in Nashville. 
Tenn., from which place, owing to his pronounced Union sentiments, he was com- 
pelled to return to his native state, in ISGl, where he joined the Union Army. During 
his service he was captured and made a prisoner of war, and for a long time confined 
In Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., from which he escaped to the Union lines on the 
nightof the9th of February, 1864, with 109 others, through a tunnel they dug from 
the prison under a street fifty feet v\'ide. Fifty-flve of these men reached the Uniou 
lines, the others being recaptured and returned to prison, 

t Written by a Hicksite Quaker, James S. Gibbons, of New York, who his son" 
in-law states was a Quaker, with a " reasonable leauing, however, toward wrath in 
case of emergency." 



102 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

In war times, the daughters of the family were not be- 
hindhand in good works:— 

The daughter of Lydia Thornburgh Elhs, Emily Ellis, was 
a graduate of the Penna. Medical University. At the time of 
her death it was said: 

"Miss Ellis was one of the few whose earnest desire was to do good 
in the world, and she did accomplish much of her earnest purpose. It is 
to be deeply regretted that she died in the prime of her life, for the world 
needs such good women. She came from her quiet village home is Illi- 
nois to nurse the sick soldier, for her heart burned with patriotic fei'vor. 
No Sister of Charity was ever more devoted to good works than this 
quiet unostentatious Quaker maiden." 

The Maulsby Settlement in Iowa 

The great body of the family of John and Lydia Maulsby 
were to make one more migration, leaving a few of their 
members again scattered in the rear. This time the cause of 
their removal was probably an economic one only. 

Again it was a family migration, and this time to Dallas 
Co., Iowa. 

The leader in the emigration was Lemuel, son of John 
Maulsby 2nd and Elizabeth Grisam, who in 1854 bought a 
farm four miles south of Redfield, on S. Raccoon River ("the 
south 'Coon neighborhood"), where others of the family or 
relatives joined him. 

Others, the Thornburghs and their relatives, settled on the 
N. Raccoon River or "North 'Coon settlement." The town 
of Perry was founded here. 

The greater number settled on the Middle Raccoon, near 
Irish Town, later called Redfield. 

Here this great company of pilgrims felt they had finally 
reached their promised land. Their farms were no longer 
numbered in acres, but in fractions of, or entire, sections. 

On their rich farms they built comfortable dwellings and 
established schools for their children. 

In the Maulsby graveyard, now East Linn Cemetery, many 
of the older members of the family rest. Of the older genera- 
tion, John Maulsby 2d, Lydia Maulsby Jones, and Mary Macy 
Maulsby, wife of David, are buried here. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 103 

Dallas County, Iowa, is the home of their descendants. 
A few only have wandered from this "promised land," and 
some reached the far Pacific. 

It is interesting to know that John Thornburgh, the first 
of this family to emigrate to California, settled near what 
is now Santa Maria, in 1870. One fourth of the plot of Santa 
Maria was on his land, and all deeds given by him were to 
be forfeited if liquor was sold on the lot. A practical and sure 
mode of prohibition. 

The Johns Estate 

The Johns family had an ' 'estate in Wales' ' —probably one 
of those elusive, will-o'-the-wisp affairs that so often danced 
before the eyes of the early settlers, and multiplied at a geo- 
metrical rate with passing years. 

One dear old lady, who had perhaps confounded the Gwy- 
nedd of her early home with the more remote Gwynedd of 
her ancestors, one day, after serious thought, appeared at the 
home of one of the younger members of the Maulsby family, 
where she knew fine horses were plenty, and said : — * 'what was 
the use of all that money laying over there in Wales when it 
would do them so much good? and so, if they would lend her 
a horse, she had decided that she herself would ride over and 
get it and bring it back!" 

Descendants of John Maulsby and Lydia John 

III. (11). John Maulsby, son of William and Rose (Rees) 
Maulsby, b. in Pennsylvania; died 1809; m. 5 mo. 21, 1766, 
Lydia John, daughter of Samuel and Ann John; b. 9 mo. 7, 
1745; d. 1816. They settled first in Limerick twp., Phila. 
Co., Pa. Removed to Newberry, York Co. ; to Gunpowder, 
Harford Co. , Md. ; to Hopewell, near Winchester, Va. ; to 
New Garden, Guilford Co., N.C., and finally to Lost Creek, 
in eastern Tennessee. Here both John and Lydia Mauls- 
by died and were buried in the Friends' burying ground at 
Lost Creek. 



104 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

IV. The children of John and Lydia Maulsby were: 

30. Joseph Maulsby, b. 1767; d. 1769. 

31. Susannah Maulsby, b. 4 mo. 13, 1769.11 

32. Ann Maulsby, b. 11 mo. 22, 1771.11 

33. William Maulsby, b. 6 mo. 25, 1774.1 

34. Sarah Maulsby, b. 12 mo. 20, 1776.1 

35. Eleanor Maulsby, b. 8 mo. 8, 1779.11 

36. John Maulsby, b. 4 mo. 8, 1781.11 

37. Lydia Maulsby, b. 2 mo. 19, 1784.11 

38. Ebenezer (David) Maulsby, b. 1 mo. 1, 1788.1 

(31). Susannah Maulsby, b. 4 mo. 13, 1769; d. 12 mo. 24, 
1861; married, 10 mo. 21, 1790, in Frederick Co., Va., 
1st, Henry Baldwin, son of Henry and Margaret Baldwin. 
Children: 

79. Rebecca N. Baldwin, b. 10 mo. 13, 1792; d. 6 mo. 8, 1868; m. 
10 mo., 1814, at Lost Creek, Hezekiah Williams. 

80. Matilda Baldwin, b. 7 mo. 15, 1795; d. 1 mo. 17, 1856; m. Caleb 
Williams. 

SI. Merchant Baldwin, b. 9 mo. 5, 1797; d. 3 mo., 1886; m. Margaret 
Smith; m. Martha C. Buckley. 

82. Margaret Baldwin, b. 8 mo. 16, 1800; d. 7 mo. 7, 1839; m. George 
Rupe, in Blount Co., Tenn., 1817-8. 

83. Lydia Eleanor Baldwin, b. 8 mo. 23, 1802; d. 12 mo. 11, 1883; m. 
David Jones, 1 mo. 28, 1827, at Richmond, Ind. 

84. Henry Baldwin, b. 11 mo. 3, 1804; d. 1 mo. 29, 1883; m. Char- 
lotte, dau. of Henry and Elizabeth Armstrong. 

85. Susannah Baldwin, b. 2 mo. 10, 1807, d. 11 mo. 10, 1868; m. Ab- 
solom Wright, in Wayne Co., Ind., 4 mo. 24, 1828. 

86. Caleb Baldwin, died in infancy. 

Susannah Baldwin was married Oct. 30, 1823, to Adam 
Cresher, at Centerville, Wayne Co., Ind. In her later 
years she lived alone, supporting herself by making and 
selling table oil cloths, stamped in bright colors, which she 
sold in a German settlement in the southwestern part of 
the state, going horse-back, often many miles, for this 
purpose. Her work brought on blindness and she went, 
in 1854, to live with her younger daughter, Susannah 
Wright, and died there at the age of 92 years, and was 
buried at Springfield Meeting, near Economy, Ind. She 
was somewhat of a poet, and her talent has been inherited 
by her great grandchild, Alice (Williams) Brotherton, of 
Cincinnati. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 105 

(32). Ann Maulsby, b. 11 mo. 22, 1771; d. 10 mo. 15, 1867: 
married at Lost Creek to Henry Thornburgh. Ann (Aunt 
Nancy) was a Quaker milliner and made the finest and 
neatest of Quaker bonnets. She was a beautiful needle- 
woman and did both spinning and weaving. She died in 
Iowa, aged nearly 96, and is buried in the Spring Valley 
Cemetery, near Perry, Iowa. She was gentle and benevo- 
lent; always thoughtful of others. Removed, 1819, to 
Indiana; trip took six weeks. They settled near Economy. 
Children: 

87. Lydia Thornburgh, b. 5 mo. 16, 1795; d. 11 mo, 9, 1855; m. 
Thomas Ellis. 

88. Sophia Thornburgh, b. 5 mo. 12, 1797; d. 11 mo. 22, 1863; m. 
Thomas T. Butler, 10 mo. 21, 1827, in Wayne Co. Ind. 

89. Larkin Thornburgh, b. 12 mo. 23, 1799; d. 10 mo., 1867; m. Betsy 
Banks. 

90. Lewis Thornburgh, b. 2 mo. 20, 1802; d. 7 mo. 12, 1890; m. Lydia 
Macy, 3 mo. 25, 1829, at Springfield M. Meeting. 

91. Eleanor Thornburgh, b. 7 mo. 28, 1804; d. 2 mo. 10, 1894; m. 
Isaac Macy, 4 mo. 5, 1825, in Wayne Co., Ind. 

92. Rachel Thornburgh, b. 2 mo. 3, 1807; d. 4 mo. 2, 1887; m. Robert 
Bond, 1826. 

93. Henry Thornburgh, b. 3 mo. 30, 1809; d. 2 mo. 28, 1879; m. Sarah 
Reynolds; m. Rachel Willis. 

94. John Thornburgh, b. 3 mo. 30, 1809; d. 12 mo. 19, 1892; m. Eliza- 
beth Hunt, 6 mo. 21, 1832; m. Minerva Marshall Maulsby, 2 mo. 23, 
1859; moved to Santa Maria, California, and died there. 

(33). William Maulsby, b. 6 mo. 25, 1774; d. 1806; m. 
Mary Cox. They moved to Ohio. Children: 

95. John C. Maulsby, b. 4 mo. 14, 1803; d. in Hardin Co., Iowa; m. 
Sarah Moore. 

96. Thomas Maulsby, b. 1 mo. 6, 1805; d. 1 mo. 19, 1878; m. Phebe 
Key. Lived in Randolph Co., Ind., and died there. 

(34). Sarah Maulsby, b. 12 mo. 20, 1776; d. 11 mo. 28, 
1842; m. William Mills, 1799, at Lost Creek, Tenn. Wm. 
Mills died in Jasper Co., Iowa, 1861, aged 92 years. 
Sarah Maulsby Mills was a leading member of the Lost 
Creek Meeting. She, too, did spinning and weaving. 
Her grave at Lost Creek is one of the few marked by a 
lettered stone. Her husband was a blacksmith. Children: 



106 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

97. Ann Mills, b. 3 mo. 17, 1800; d. 2 mo, 21, 1826. 

98. Benjamine Mills, b. 4 mo. 20, 1801; d. 6 mo. 14, 1859; m. Naomi 
Lewis, in Blount Co., Tenn. 

99. David Mills, b. 1 mo. 23, 1803; d. 1 mo. 21, 1840; m. Mary Beals, 
3 mo. 29, 1823; in Jefferson Co., Tenn. 

100. Jane Mills, b. 12 mo. 3, 1804; d. 1 mo. 11, 1890; m. Isaac Jones, 
at Lost Creek, 2 mo. 23, 1839. Both died in Tenn. 

101. John Mills, b. 8 mo. 28, 1807; d. 11 mo. 10, 1853; m. Mary Jane- 
way, about 1827-8, in Jefferson Co., Tenn.; m. Rebecca H. Allen. 

102. Lydia Mills, b. 1 mo. 6, 1810; d. in Tenn.; m. William Quinn. 

103. Samuel Mills, b. 5 mo. 15, 1812; d. 3 mo. 3, 1826. 

104. Sophia Mills, b. 4 mo. 17, 1815; d. 7 mo. 27, 1855. 

105. William Mills, b. 11 mo. 2, 1817; d. ; m. Nancy Mitchell, 7 

mo. 3, 1839, in New Market, Tenn. 

106. Sally Ann Mills, died in infancy. 

(35). Eleanor Maulsby, b. 8 mo. 8, 1779; d. 6 mo. 15, 1804, 
buried at Lost Creek; m. Richard Thornburgh. Child: 

107. William M. Thornburgh, b. 6 mo. 3, 1804; d. 9 mo. 2, 1876; m. 
Rosanna Ruth; m. Catherine (Keran) Bohrer. 

(36). John Maulsby, b. 4 mo. 8, 1781; d. 4 mo. 22, 1860; m. 
EHzabeth Grisam, in Tenn., who died in Wayne Co., Ind.. 
1849; buried in West River Friends' burying ground. 
John Maulsby died in Iowa and was buried in the East 
Linn graveyard, near Redfields, Dallas Co. He had an 
unusually sunny disposition and shed good cheer and 
brightness about him. Their children were: 

108. Nancy Maulsby, b. 10 mo. 30, 1803; d. 1 mo. 15, 1851; m. Wil- 
liam Wright, son of James and Sarah Wright, 7 mo. 6, 1826, in 
Wayne Co., Ind. 

109. Lemuel Maulsby, b. 10 mo. 25, 1804; d. 3 mo. 16, 1888; m. 4 mo. 
26, 1827, Ruth Reynolds, in Springfield M. M., near Economy, Ind. 

110. William M. Maulsby, b. 11 mo. 3, 1806; d. (i mo. 22, 1849; m. 7 
mo. 5, 1832, Lydia Hall, dau. of Wm. G. and Nancy Hall. Wm. 
died in Porter Co., Ind. 

111. Cynthia Maulsby, b. 11 mo. 23, 1808; d. 10 mo. 29, 1893; m. 11 
mo., 1829, Samnel Pickering; m. Eli Reece, 12 mo. 3, 1868. 

112. David Maulsby, b. 11 mo. 8, 1810; d. 11 mo. 23, 1871; m. Isabel 
Carr, dau. of Sam'l and Sarah Carr, of Henry Co., Ind., b. 3 mo. 
15, 1807; d. 1 mo. 14, 1870. 

113. James Maulsby, b. 12 mo. 5, 1812; d. 2 mo. [.?], 1888; m. Ruth 
Beeson, in Indiana, dau. of Benjamin and Martha Beeson, b. 10 mo. 
7, 1809. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 107 

114. Benjamin Maulsby, b. 12 mo. 15, 1814; d. 7 mo. 10, 1878; m. 1 
mo. 13, 1839, Rhoda Williams, dau. of Richard and Rachel Williams, 
in Wayne Co., Ind. Removed to near Marshalltown, Iowa, and 
were both buried in the Friends' burying ground there. 

115. Lewis Maulsby, b. 12 mo. 7, 1817; d. 2 mo. 15, 1899; m. 3 mo. 
29, 1842, in Missouri, to Marissa, dau. of Samuel and Eliz. An- 
drews. Removed to Perry Co., Iowa. 

116. Sarah Maulsby, b. 1 mo. 15, 1821; d. 9 mo. 12, 1861; m. 9 mo. 
6, 1842, in Wayne Co., Ind., William Lumpkin, son of James and 
Sarah Thornburgh Lumpkin. Lived in Randolph Co., Ind. 

117. Larkin Maulsby, b. 1 mo. 26, 1823; d. 12 mo. 9, 1900; m. 1 mo. 
27, 1849, in Wayne Co., Ind., Mary Eliza. Thornburgh, dau. of John 
and Rachel Thornburgh. Removed to Iowa and died there. 

118. John H Maulsby, b. 10 mo. 20, 1825; d. ; m. 9 mo. 3, 1848, Sarah 

J. Reynolds, dau. of Elijah and Deborah Reynolds. Lives in Lin- 
den, Iowa. 

119. Thomas T. Maulsby, b. 8 mo. 2, 1829; d. ; m. 6 mo. 15, 1851, 

Ann Eliza Baum, dau. of Jesse and Sarah Baum, at Valparaiso, 
Ind. 

(37). Lydia Maulsby, b. 2 mo. 19, 1784; d. 5 mo. 6, 1864; 
m. 10 mo. 4, 1809, in Lost Creek M. House, Tenn., Jesse 
Jones. Removed to Economy and took their certificates 
to Whitewater M. M., Wayne Co.. Ind., 11 mo., 1814. 
Lydia Maulsby died in Iowa; was buried in the East Linn 
cemetery (then called the Maulsby graveyard), near 
Redfield, near her brother John. She was a strict and 
conscientious Quaker. Children: 

120. William Charles Jones, b. 5 mo. 5, 1811; d. 12 mo. 11, 1873; m. 
2 mo. 7, 1838, Jane Thorp, dau. of Nathan and Elizabeth Thorp. 
The family lived near Kokoma, Indiana. 

121. John M. Jones, b. 3 mo. 29, 1813; d. 2 mo. 21, 1888; m. 12 mo. 
5, 1839, in Logan Co., 111., Matilda Quisenberry, dau, of Edw. S. 
and Mary T. Quisenberry. They removed to Mapleton, Bourbon 
Co., Kansas. 

122. Elvira Jones, died in childhood. 

123. Lucinda Jones, b. 2 mo. 28, 1818; d. 3 mo. 4, 1884; m. 2 mo. 10, 
1841, John C. Mendenhall, son of Isaiah and Christianna Mendenhall. 

They removed to Iowa. Lucinda died in Linden, Dallas Co. 

124. Pleasant Jones, b. 3 mo. 27, 1820; d. 12 mo. 8, 1896; m. 1840, in 
Wayne Co., Ind., Ruth Bailey, b. 1824, d. 1845; m. Mary J. Plum- 
mer, 8 mo. 31, 1847. 

125. Sally Ann Jones, b. 4 mo. 2, 1822; d. 3 mo. 27, 1893; m. 12 mo. 



108 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

17, 1840, in Wayne Co., Ind., David Bailey, son of Henry and 
Peninnah Bailey. Both died at Redfields, Iowa. 

126. David L. Jones, b. 4 mo. 4, 1827; d. 3 mo. 12, 1875; m. in How- 
ard Co., Ind., Sarah Ann Hatfield, dau. of David and Cozzby Hat- 
field. Removed to Mapleton, Kansas, 1873. 

(38). Ebenezer (David) Maulsby, b. 1 mo., 1788, d. 9 mo. 
14, 1838; m. 3 mo. 8, 1809, in the log meeting house at 
Lost Creek, Tenn., to Mary Macy, dau. of Barachiah and 
Lucinda (Barnard) Macy. 3 mo., 1817, a certificate of re- 
moval was granted them to New Garden, M. M., Wayne 
Co. , Ind. David was buried in the Friends' burying ground 
at Economy. Mary Maulsby died 10 mo. 28, 1861, in 
Iowa, and was buried in the East Linn cemetery near Red- 
field, Dallas Co. Children: 

127. William Maulsby, b. 2 mo. 27, 1810; d. 12 mo. 19, 1894; m. 11 
mo. 15, 1833, in Wayne Co., Ind., Zerelda Mills, dau. of Moses and 
Eliz. Thornburgh Mills. In 1857 removed to Dallas Co., Iowa, and 
both died there. 

128. Lucinda Maulsby, b. 1 mo. 14, 1812; d. 1 mo. 4, 1882; m. in the 
Springfield Friends' M. house, 1 mo. 19, 1831, Zeno Swain; m. Isaac 
J. Davis, 1 mo. 4, 1849. 

129. John Maulsby, b. 9 mo. 11, 1814; d. 11 mo. 19, 1876; m. 7 mo. 2, 
1835, in Wayne Co., Ind., Mary A. Craft, b. 2 mo. 11, 1814, in 
North Carolina; d. 2 mo. 18, 1847, in Indiana; m. Mary Kimerlee 
in Michigan, 8 mo. 19, 1847. John and wife died in Des Moines, 
Iowa. 

130. Macy B. Maulsby, b. 2 mo. 12, 1817; d. 9 mo. 27, 1899; m. 3 mo. 
17, 1847, in Henry Co., Indiana, Sally Price, dau. of Rice and Susan- 
nah Price; m. 1857, in Wayne Co., Martha Jane (McLucas) Web- 
ster; m. 10 mo. 12, 1870, Mary (Waters) Jameson, at Marshall- 
town, Iowa. Macy died at Redfield, Iowa. 

131. Ira C. Maulsby, b. 5 mo. 15, 1819; d. 10 mo. 13, 1850; m. 3 mo. 
31, 1839, in Economy, Ind., Minerva Marshall. Died in Economy. 

132. Malinda Maulsby, b. 5 mo. 20, 1822; m. 9 mo. 27, 1848, in 
Economy, Ind., Harvey Patty, son of Mark and Mary Patty. Har- 
vey died near Economy. Malinda moved to Iowa in 1866, and now 
lives in Adel, Iowa. 

133. Lydia Maulsby, b. 11 mo. 21, 1824; d. 7 mo. 18, 1901; m. 3 mo. 
13, 1847, in Economy, Ind., Joel P. Davis, son of Amos and Mary 
(John) Davis. Removed to Iowa and both died in Des Moines. 

134. Ezra Maulsby, b. 4 mo. 3, 1827; d. 2 mo. 16, 1864; m. 1851, in 
Randolph Co., Ind., Rachel Patty, dau. of Mark and Mary (Jones) 
Patty. Removed to Iowa, 1857, and died there . 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 109 

135. Matilda Maulsby, b. 12 mo. 19, 1829; d. ; m. 8mo. 12, 1852, at 

the Maulsby home, near Economy, Thomas L. Scott, son of John 

and Sarah L. Scott. Removed to Redfield, Iowa. 

The descendants of John and Lydia (John) Maulsby have been so 

happily described in a recent genealogy of their descendants by Cora M. 

Payne, that we refer our readers to her work for further particulars. 

Our genealogy of thexx fifth generation is taken largely from this work. 

The next generation (the sixth) numbers 319, making a total of 564 

members of the family, so far. 

Williams History 

William Williams, b. Sept. 7, 1763, in N. C, son of Wil- 
liam and Margaret Williams (formerly of Gwynedd M. M.), 
of Chatham Co., N. C, was married at Cane Creek Meeting 
in Orange Co., to Rachel Kemp (daughter of Richard and 
Susannah Kemp), 3d mo. 16th, 1786. 

The signers to their marriage certificate were:— Owen Williams, 
Daniel Williams, Susannah Williams, Benjamin Piggott, Richard Kemp, 
Joseph Kemp, Prudence Kemp, John Pike, Joseph Buckingham, Mar- 
gery Buckingham, Alexander Campbell, John Williams, Rachel Kemp, 
Susanna Kemp, Joshua Chamness, Mary Williams, Mary Kemp, Mar- 
garet Pike, Enoch Williams, Abigail Pike, Mary Pike, Peter Stout, 
William Adams, Charles Stout, John Marshill, Samuel Nelson, Peter 
Stout, Jr., Daniel Freeman, John Davies, Mary Davies, Jacob Marshill, 
Margaret Marshill, John Ratcliff, Rebecca Marshill, Abigail Hinshaw, 
William Marshill, Hugh Maxwell, Amos Way, Sarah Ward, Priscilla 
Ward. Certificate recorded Book A, p. 125, by David Vestal. 

They had twelve children. They removed first to Jefferson and then 
to Blount Co., Tenn. He began public service as a Quaker preacher at 
Lost Creek Monthly Meeting, Tenn., in 1800. He became a noted min- 
ister and a most earnest anti-slavery worker. He removed to Indiana in 
1814, and settled on the Elkhorn, near Richmond, He died Aug. 25, 1824. 
His journal was published by Ind. Yearly Meeting in 1828, and reprinted 
in Dublin, Ireland, 1839. 

In 1808, 1809, 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1818 he visited the eastern meet- 
ings, travelling through Virginia, Maryland and Penna. 

He wrote an epistle to Friends in 1812. 

The children of William and Rachel Kemp Williams were: 

1. Richard, b. Dec. 30, 1786, d. July 7, 1849, m. Rachel Mills, who d. 
Jan. 31, 1849. 

2. Prudence, b. Aug. 14, 1788, m. David Bonine. 

3. Hezekiah, b. April 5, 1790, m. Rebecca N. Baldwin. They are 
the grandparents of Alice Williams Brotherton, the poetess, of 
Cincinnati. 



110 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

4. Nathan, b. March 30, 1792. 

5. John, b. June 22, 1794. He was killed at a barn raising. 

6. Boyd, b. July 20. 1776. 

7. Caleb, b, Oct. 13, 1798, m. Matilda Baldwin. 

8. Joshua M., b. Oct. 13, 1798. 

9. Josiah, b. Nov. 21, 1800. 

10. Jesse, b. June 26, 1804. 

11. William, b. June 5, 1806, d. May 21, 1891; m. Rebecca , who died 

May 18, 1891; they had 13 children. 

12. Rachel, b. June 23, 1809, d. Jan. 13, 1899; m., 1829, Jonathan 
Unthank. 

I. Richard Williams was married in Tenn., to Rachel, dau. of John and 
Sarah (Millikan) Mills, b. April 25, 1786, in Guilford Co., N. C. 
They removed to Wayne Co., Ind., in 1813, and afterward to Porter 
Co., where they died. She died Jan. 31, 1849, and he died July 7, 
1849. They had ten children: 

1. Sally, b. Aug. 16, 1806, married Wm. Barnard. 

2. William, b. June 1, 1808. d. Jan. 30. 1899, m. Lucretia Starbuck. 

3. Polly Ann. b. April 4, 1810, d. single April 22, 1836. 

4. John Mills, b. Oct. 24, 1812. 

5. Clarkson, b. June 2, 1815. 

6. Rhoda, b. Feb. 14, 1818; married Benny Maulsby. 

7. Alfred, b. Oct. 28, 1820. m. Nancy Lumpkin. 

8. Elam, b. Feb. 20, 1823, d. 1903, m. Eliz. Christy. 

9. Millikin, b. Jan. 29, 1826, m. Nancy Lansing. 
10. Rachel, b. Nov. 14, 1828, m. Sam'l. Stoner. 

We add here Wm. Williams's account of their removal from Tennessee 
to Wayne Co., Indiana, in 1814. 

William Williams removed to Tenn. about 1800, and in 1814 removed 
to Indiana, " and having no company but our own family, we passed along 
with much quietude and satisfaction, all things going well with us. We 
arrived in 19 days on the Elkhorn fork of White-Water in Wayne Co., 
where we have settled ourselves down in the woods and feel satisfied in 
mind. We are four miles from White Water M. Meeting of which we are 
members and two miles from our meeting for worship." — Wm. Williams's 
Journal, 171-172. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 111 

Barnard Ancestry 

Thomas Barnard* came from England in 1640, to Salis- 
bury, Mass. Received land in first division in Salisbury, 
1640 and 1643. He was a planter, and was born about 1612. 
Was one of the eighteen settlers of Amesbury, Mass., in 1654; 
became a prominent citizen; was selectman, moderator, etc.; 
received land at various times in Amesbury; and in 1660 re- 
ceived a township for his son Thomas. He was killed in 
Amesbury by Indians in 1677. His widow, Eleanor, married 
George Little, of Newbury, Mass., 19th July, 1681. He was 
one of the ten proprietors of Nantucket, July, 1659. 

In a deed from him in 1662 his name is spelled in three 
different ways— Barnett, Barned and Barnard (Old Norfolk 
Records Book 1, p. 210). 

He had seven children born in Salisbury and two in Amesbury: — 

1. Corp. Thomas Barnard, (3. May 10, 1641; m. 1662, Sarah, dau. of 
Joseph and Mary (Johnson) Peasley. 

2. Nathaniel Barnard, b. Jan. 15, 1643; m. Mary, dau. of Robert and 
Joan (Harvey) Barnard. 

3. Martha Barnard, b. Sept. 22, 1645; m. first, Thomas Haynes, Dec. 
26, 1667; second, Samuel Buckman, 1686. 

4. Mary Barnard, b. Sept. 22, 1645; m. first, Anthony Morse; second, 
Philip Eastman. 

5. Sarah Barnard, b. Sept. 28, 1647; m. Wm. Hackett, Jan. 31, 1667. 

6. Hannah Barnard, b. Nov. 24, 1649, m. Benjaim Stevens, Oct. 28, 
1673. 

7. Ruth Barnard, b. Oct. 16, 1651, m. Joseph Peasley, t Jan. 21, 1671; 

*Thls branch of the Barnard family are not known to be related to Richard and 
Frances Barnard who settled in Chester Co., Pa., in 1682-3, but were probably related, 
as were perhaps also Sir Francis Barnard, who was one of the early governors of 
New Jersey, and John Barnard, of Virginia. 

From Smith's History of Virginia.— Master John Barnard sent to be gouver- 
nour. To supply the place, was sent by the noble adventurers, John Barnard, a Gen- 
tleman, both of good meanes and quality, who arrived within eight days after But- 
ler's departure (1662) with two ships and about 140 persons, etc. During the term of 
his life (6 weeks) shewed himself so judicial and industrious as gave great satisfac- 
tion and did generally promise vice'was in great danger to be suppressed and vertue 
and the Plantation much advanced but it so happened that both he and his wife 
died in such short time and were both buried in one grave. 

tNext day had a Meeting at the House of Joseph Paisley at Haverhill. It was 
not very large, by reason of the Throng of Harvest, but a very good time the Lord 
afforded us and we were comforted together In him; several of the young convinced, 
and some of the elder Friends from Salsbury being there.— Thomas Story's journal. 

Joseph Peasley was the friend of George Fox and became a convert to Quaker- 
ism. 1656-7 Massachusetts passed laws banishing the Quakers, fining any one 
sheltering them, and prohibitingany hut ordained ministers preaching. The later 
law was to prevent Thomas Macy and Joseph Peasley from preaching. The " Old 
Garrison " house built by Joseph Peasley, before 1675, and used during King 
Philip's war as a house of refuge, is still standing. 



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112 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

. their daughter, Mary Peasley, married Joseph Whittier; their son 
John Whittier, married Sai-ah Greenleaf, their son, John Whittier 
married Abigail Hussey. These were the father and mother of 
the Quaker poet, John G. Whittier. 

8. John Barnard, b. at Amesbury, Jan. 12, 1655, married widow 
Frances Hoyt Colby, 1676. 

9. Abigail Barnard, b. at Amesbury, Jan. 20, 1657, married Samuel 
Fellows, June 2, 1681. 

Second Generation 

Descendants of Nathaniel and Mary Barnard. They became Friends 
at the establishment of the first meeting on Nantucket, about 1711. He 
died April 3, 1718. She died Jan. 17, 1718. 

They had eleven children, all born in Nantucket:— 

1. Mary, 1667, m. John (son of Peter) Folger. 

2. Hannah, b. 1669. 

, 3. John, b. 1670, d. Dec. 4, 1845: m. Sarah Macy, dau. of John and 
i^^ I Deborah. 

* 4. Stephen, b. 1674, m. 1st, Hopcott; and 2nd, Damaris Gai-dner, 

dau. of Joseph. 

5. Sarah, b. 1677, m. Thomas Currier, of Amesbury, Mass., Sep. 19, 
1700. 

6. Eleanor, b. 1679, m. Ebenezer Coffin, d. 1769. 

7. Benjamin, b. 1681, m. Judith, dau. of Nathaniel and Abigail 
(Coffin) Gardner, 1711, died Oct. 22, 1729. 

8. Nathaniel, b. ; m. Eliz., widow of Peter Coffin; Dorcas Man- 
ning, and Judith, widow of Peter Folger and dau. of Stephen Coffin. 
Died Feb. 28, 1718. 

9. Abigail, b. ; m. Abraham Chase, of the Vineyard; son of 

Lieut. Isaac Chase. 

10. Ebenezer, m. Mary, widow of Jonathan Worth and dau. of Stephen 
Hussey, d. May 2, 1767. 

11. Timothy, lost at sea in Sir Cloudsley Shovel's fleet. 

Third Generation 
Descendants of Benjamin, son of Nathaniel and Mary Barnard and 
Judith Gardiner. 

They had eight children: 

1. Timothy, b. 1712, m. Mary Bunker; died in West Indies, April 26, 
1749. 
i<i\U f 2. Abigail, b. 1814; m. Robt. Macy, son of Thomas and Deborah. 
' 3. Ruth, b. 1716; m. first, Peter Clark; second, Joseph Jenkins. 

4. Francis, b. 1818; m. Eliz. Macy, dau. Thos. and Deborah; died 
April, 1800. 

5. John, b. 1720, m. first, Elizabeth, dau. of Mordecai Ellis; second, 
Sarah Harker; died July 5, 1802. 

6. Abishai, b. 1722, m, Hannah, dau. of Peter and Hope Coffin; d. 
Aug. 20, 1790. 



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THE MAULSBY FAMILY 113 

7. Nathaniel, b. 1727; died single. 

8. Mary, b. Oct. 29, 1729; m. Christopher, son of Tristram and De- 
borah Starbuck. 

Of the next generation, two sons of Timothy and Mary Barnard set- 
tled in New Garden. They were:— 

1. Timothy, b. 1733, m. Love Swain and removed to New Garden about 
Sept. 23, 1773. She died in Alabama, being over 100 years old. 
Children: Uriah, Brazillai, Job, Gilbert, George, and Love; and 

2. Benjamin, b. 1737; m. Eunice Fitch. Children: Lucinda, Mary, 
Lydia, Matilda, Libni, Shubel, Frederick, Elisha, Eunice. 

(From the Eleven Branches of the House of William Barnard.) 

David and Margaret Maulsby 
III. (12). David Maulsby, the second son of William and 
Rose Malsby, was born in Limerick township, Montgom- 
ery Co., Pa., in 1741. 

In 1779 he is one of the "taxables " of York, paying £6 15s OOd. 

In 1782 he pays £0 15s OOd. 

His trade is given as " carpenter " or " joiner. " 

Under the "number of inhabitants of York Town" in 1783, David's 
family consists of — 

1 male, J female, (no acres,) 1 servant, and 1 negro (1783). 

In the History of York Co., David Malsby, junior, has a family of 
two persons and a valuation of £120. 

He married Margaret, daughter of John and Betty 
Hussy, a member of Newberry Meeting, and the marriage 
probably took place there. 

David Malsby took no part in the Revolution, but his 
sympathies were entirely with the Colonists. 

About 1784 he removed to Maryland and settled in 
Belair, where the remainder of his life was spent. The 
house in which he lived is still standing, 
1^ He died July, 1807, leaving a will, of which Jhe following 
is an abstract : 

I, David Maulsby (of William), etc., will everything of which I die 
possessed to my wife Margaret during her lifetime, to go to my grand- 
daughter, Margaret, daughter of my only son, Israel David Maulsby, at 
her death. 

June 25, 1807. David Maulsby. 

Witnesses: 

John Reardon, 
Eleanor Malsby, 
Elizabeth Malsby. 
Proved July 28, 1807. 

David Maulsby's name frequently appears in the land records of 
Harford Co. 



114 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

David and Margaret Hussey Malsby were buried at Lit- 
tle Falls Friends' Meeting House. 

David and Margaret (Peggy) Maulsby had one child, — 
Israel David Maulsby, born in York in 1781. 

The Hussey Family 

Christopher Hussey was born in Dorking, England, 1598. 
He was the son of John Hussey and Mary Wood. He mar- 
ried Theodate, daughter of Rev, Stephen Bachiler, who was 
about to emigrate to New England, and who gave his consent 
to their marriage on condition that they accompany him there. 
They came over in 1630. 

Christopher and Theodate Hussey had eighteen children (or sixteen) . 

His son John was so persecuted for sheltering Quakers, that he him- 
self became a Quaker, and emigrated from Lynn, 1684 or 1692. He was 
a member* of the Pennsylvania Assembly, 1696, from Newcastle, Del. 
Whether he went directly there or first to Nantucket we do not know. 

In so large a family it is hard to tell definitely one's direct ancestors, 
for each branch perpetuates the same family names. The next link is 
not positively determined, but there is a John Hussey, born in 1710, who 
married Jediah Coffin, who may come in here. Christophers, Johns, and 
Jediahs abound in these families. 

Children of John, son of John Hussey, who died 1708, and Betty 
Hussey, through the many changes and emigrations, of which the early 
Friends seemed fond, are finally found to be members of Warrington 
Monthly Meeting, and the records give their children as : 

Margaret Hussey, b. 7th, 1st mo., 1751. 

Nathan Hussey, b. 16th, 7th mo., 1755. 

George Hussey, b. 9th, 3d mo., 1758 ; d. 9 mo. 3, 1819. 

Betty Hussey, b. 3d, 11th mo. 1759. 

In the will of John Hussey he gives Mary, Record (m. Miriam), Jed- 
iah, John, and Betty (Elizabeth). 

One sister, Betty, married Daniel Price, of Gunpowder. 

Margaret (Peggy) married David Maulsby (of William). 

Nathan Hussey was a tanner and currier. His daughter, Edith, 
married a Dillon. 

George Hussey m. Rachel Hayward and Grace Copeland. He was the 
keeper of the " Wheatfield Inn," on Howard St., Baltimore. 

*Proud does not give the names of the members for this year. I am indebted 
to Mrs. Uanna for the above account. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 115 

The Wheatfield Inn, afterward the Howard House, was later kept 
by Asahel (Major) Hussey (proprietor).* 

John Hussey, in his certificate brought to Warrington in 1749, states 
that sixteen years previous he had married one not a member [about 
1733; this accounts for only the children born after 1749 being recorded 
as members]. His wife probably joined at this time, and the later chil- 
dren had a birthright membership. 

For Hussey history and records I am largely indebted to Bessie B. 
Hanna, of Richmond Hill, New York. 

*Obed Hussey, son of Sylvanus and Abiel Brown Hussey, invented the reaper 
and mowing machine. He is buried in Qreenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, where 
is a stone marked: 

"Sacred to tlie memory of Obed Hussey, died August 4, 1860, aged 68 years," and 
on a plain granite shaft the words : 

Obed Hussey, 

Inventor 
of the Reaper. 

Died 
August 4, 18C0. 
A smaller stone marks the resting place of Mary, daughter of Obed and Eunice 
Hussey. 

This machine was known as the McCormick [?]. 




General Israel David Maulsby 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 117 

IV. (39). Israel David Maulsby was born in York Co., 
Pa., in 1781, and died in 1839. 

Although his father was a Friend, the son was educated 
for the legal profession. ' ' He was an eloquent and inge- 
nious lawyer ; a large, fine-looking, genial and polished 
gentleman of the old school, and abounded in charity." 

He represented Harford County in the Maryland Legis- 
lature for twenty-nine years. He was a volunteer de- 
fender of the city of Baltimore at the battle of North 
Point, when he served as a member of the Independent 
Blues. He was president of the governor's council during 
Governor Goldsborough's term of office. He was as 
early as 1822 Master of Mount Aararat Lodge No. 44, of 
Masons, and in 1836 and 1837 Grand Senior Warden. 

His daughter, speaking of his dress, says he wore a 
dark blue cloth cape, lined with red velvet, and clasped 
at the throat with a large silver clasp. 

On April 17, 1804, he married Jane Hall, and became 
with his wife a member of the Episcopal Church. Fifteen 
children were born to them. Six daughters and five sons 
lived to adult age. Israel David,* and Jane Hall Maulsby 
are buried at Rock Spring Church, near Belair, Md. 

V. Children of Israel David and Jane Hall Maulsby 

136. Margaret M. Maulsby, m. Thomas G. Howard. They had 
no children. 

137. John Hall Maulsby was lost at sea. Never married. 

138. Israel David Maulsby, M, D., m. Sarah Nelson. Lived in 

Frederick, Md. Children: (565) Betsy Maulsby, d. ; (566) 

John Hall Maulsby . 

139. Eleanor Maulsby, d. 

140. Benjamin Maulsby, d. 

141. William Pinkney Maulsby, m. Emily Catherine Con tee Tyler 
Nelson.H 

142. Sarah Jane Maulsby, m. John Yellott, of Baltimore Co., Md.lf 

143. Hannah Elizabeth Maulsby, m. James Hamilton. Tj 

144. Mary Cordelia Maulsby, m. Major William H. Dallam. If 

145. Harriet Belinda Maulsby, m. William Bouldin.l 

146. Charles Hall Maulsby, d. in Greencastle, Ind. ; m. Adelia . 

147. Israel Thomas Maulsby, unmarried. Lives in Tilamook, Ore. 
» John I. Yellolt gives the name as Israel Davidson Maulsby. 



118 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

148. Charlotte Emily Maulsby, m. Charles W, Banks, of Baltimore. 
She is living in Baltimore. Children: 

589. Jane Maulsby, d. 

590. Francis Joseph, m. Clara Ascough, of Philadelphia. 

591. Mary Emily, d, 

592. Charles B., d. 

593. Daniel Fitch, m. Georgie Ritchie. One child, Daniel F., Jr. 

149. Anne Maulsby, d. in infancy. 

(142). Sarah J. Maulsby married John Yellott, a son of John 
Yellott, Jr., and a grandson of Rev. John Coleman and 
Pleasance Godwin (Goodwin) . She was a woman of ex- 
ceptional strength of mind, a great reader, her favorite 
books being history, biography and poetry. Having a re- 
tentive memory, she could at all times refer with ease to 
the important events in the lives of distinguished men and 
modern history, and repeat pages from the poets. Being 
a good conversationalist, her store of information made 
her a most agreeable companion, whilst her sense of jus- 
tice, generosity and charity won her a large circle of 
friends amongst all classes. 

She was a devoted church woman and a sincere Chris- 
tian, for whom death was a welcome visitor when the 
time came for her release from the infirmities of age. 

Mrs. Yellott was by inheritance and conviction an ardent 
Democrat in politics, and when the war between the 
states was threatened, her sympathies were with the 
South, and she began a laboring study of the question 
which resulted in making her a sympathizer with the Gov- 
ernment. Her husband was an ardent friend of the 
South and her children were evenly divided, she having 
had two sons in the Federal army, one son and a son-in- 
law in the Southern army. This division was one of the 
most painful events in her life, but it was her pleasure to 
have her family thoroughly united at the close of the war. 

Her six children were : 
Rebecca C. Yellott, who married Col. George T. Rust, of Loudoun Co., 

Va. 
Major John L, a member of the Maryland bar, who married Mary 

V. Trail, of Frederick, Md. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 119 

Charles M., who never married. 

Jane H., who married Rev. A. T. Pindell, of Annapolis, Md. 
George W., who married Nannie E. Gittings, of Baltimore Co. 
Margaret E., who married John Carter, of Loudoun Co., Va., and 

died, leaving surviving her two sons, W. Maulsby and Frances M. 

Carter. 




VI. Children of Sarah Jane and John Yellott 

572. Rebecca Coleman Yellott, m, George Rust. Children : Sarah, 
m. William Canby, of Sandy Spring, Md. ; Maria, m. Ernest Id- 
dings, of Ashton, Md. ; Fanny Beverly, m. Judge Cotton, of Texas ; 
Georgie, m. E. E. Hoge, of Trenton, N. J. ; John Yellott, m . Agnes 
Buston* of San Angelo, Texas; Jeremiah, m. Nina Yerkes (in Phila.), 
live in San Angelo, Texas ; Rebecca, m. Herbert Kirk, of Phila- 
delphia; Llewellen, m. Margaret Sparks, of St. Louis. Live in San 
Angelo, Texas. 

573. John L Yellott, m. Mary V. Traill, of Frederick, and live in Tow- 
son, Md. Children : Edward Traill, d. ; Osborne L, m. Louise 

Powers, of Towson ; Rev. John L (Episcopal minister), m. Mildred 
Nelson ; Lydia Traill, m. T. Scott Offutt; Fanny Traill, m. Dr. 
Frank Rich; Mary Traill, m. Frank H. Worthington, of Baltimore; 
Eleanor Traill. 

574. Charles Maulsby Yellott. Not married. 

575. Jane Hall Yellott, m. Rev. Adolphus Pindell, of Cockeysville. 

Children: Thomas Adolphus, Clelland Nelson, d. ; Jane Maulsby, 

Supt. of Metropolitan Hospital on Blackwell's Island, N. Y. ; David 
Sterritt, William Brand, Arthur Yellott, John, and Laura Merry- 
man. 

576. George W. Yellott, of Long Green, Balto. Co., Md., m. Anne 
Emory Gittings. Children : John, m. ; Richard Emory, George, 
who lives in Texas on a ranch; Howard, Edgemont, Harford Co.; 
Dulaney, Margaret, Emily, Henry. 

577. Margaret Emily Yellott, m. John Carter, of Leesburg, Va. 
Children: William Maulsby, lives in Virginia; Frances, near Lees- 
burg ; baby, died ; baby, died. 



120 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

(143). Hanna Elizabeth Maulsby, m. James Hamilton of 
Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Va., who died in Baltimore in 
1880. Met at her cousin's, Benjamin Maulsby of Leesburg. 
She died in Chicago in 1895, at the home of her daughter, 
Betty Duvall. Children : 

578. Betsy Brown (named for the daughter of Morris and Eleanor), 
who married Robert Burns Duvall, of Chicago, III.; had one child, 
Paul Hamilton, who married Agnes Margraff. Child: Betty Ham- 
ilton Duvall. 

579. Erasmus Gill, d. in infancy. 

580. Israel Maulsby, d. 

581. William Pinkney, m. Evelyn Webb, of Baltimore, live in Brooklyn. 
Children: Wm. Pinkney, Jr., Anna Webb (Wood), Charles Maulsby 
Hamilton. 

(144). Mary Cordelia Maulsby was born in 1828. She was 
the daughter of Israel D. and Jane Hall Maulsby. She 
married Major William H. Dallam, of Belair, Md., and re- 
sided the remainder of her life at "Tulip Hill," the Mauls- 
by homestead in the Edge of Belair. She died June 15, 
1905. She had three daughters, Jane Hall, Sara Louisa, 
who became the wife of Albert H. O'Brien of Philadelphia; 
Mary Wilson, wife of William B. Nelson of Belair, and 
one son, Richard Dallam, a member of the Harford County 
bar, who was Secretary of State during the administration 
of Governor Loundes. 

The Dallam family are descendants of "Betty Martin," 
the heroine of the old rhyme :- 

"Pretty Betty Martin, tiptoe fine, 
Couldn't find a suitor to suit her mind." 
They have in their possession a dress and ring of hers that they greatly 
value. These were exhibited at the World's Fair at Chicago, in 1893. 
VI. Children of Mary Cordelia and Williatn H. Dallam 

582. Jane Hall Dallam, died. 

583. Sara Louise Dallam, m. Albert O'Brien of Philadelphia. Children: 
Almira Phelps; Albert Dallam, (of Brooklyn [.?]); Mary Maulsby, 
m. Lawrence Addicks, of Perth Amboy, N. J. ; Charles, died in in- 
fancy; and John. 

584. Mary Wilson Dallam, m. William B. Nelson. Children: Mary 
Maulsby, Louise Dallam, Wm. B., Jr., and Margaret Worthington. 

585. Richard Dallam, m. Josephine Evans. Children : Rebecca 
Evans, Mary Cordelia, William H., and Richard Dallam, Jr. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 121 

V. (145). Harriet Belinda Maulsby, married William 
Bouldin, of Belair, Md. She died at the home of her 
daughter, in Florence, Nebraska, May 2, 1904, in her 
seventy-fourth year. She was born in Belair and resided 
there the greater part of her life. Her husband conducted 
a Union newspaper in Belair during the Civil War. She 
was buried at Loudoun Park, Baltimore. Children: 

586. William, Jr., m. Betty Maulsby Ritchie. Children: John 
Ritchie Bouldin, d. in infancy ; Wm. Bouldin, 3d; Betty Maulsby 
Bouldin. 

587. Margaret Howard, m. George J. Hunt, of Omaha, Nebr. 
Children: Harriet Maulsby, Julia Dorsey, Frank. 

588. Emily Maulsby, m. William B. Nelson. Children: Harriet M., 
William Howard, Comfort Worthington, Anna Morthland, died in 
infancy. 

V. (141). William PiNKNEY Maulsby, son of Israel David 
and Jane Hall Maulsby, was born in Belair, Harford 
County, Md., July 10, 1815, at 8 o'clock A. M. 

William Pinkney, the distinguished lawyer, being en- 
gaged in a trial before the Belair Court, in which Israel 
D. Maulsby was his colleague, had spent the night as his 
guest, and when the birth of a son was announced at 
breakfast, Mr. Pinkney offered his congratulations and 
asked the privilege of naming the child, and so gave him 
his own name. 

He received his early education at the Belair Academy, 
then considered an excellent institution of learning, and 
at the age of sixteen was prepared for college. 

He entered the Senior Class at Union College, Schenec- 
tady, N. Y., and was graduated August 8, 1832. 

The following winter he began the study of law in 
his father's office, who wishing to give the son pleasure, 
gave him a trip to Baltimore just before Christmas. 

After he had gotten off his mother said, '' Mr. Maulsby, 
how much did you give William to spend ? " "Twenty 
dollars," was the reply. Twenty dollars was a large 
sum in those days, and the son was still a boy to his 
mother. * ' Oh, why did you give him so much ? " she said; 



122 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

"he will only waste it." "Well, Jane, I want to see 
what stuff the boy is made of," was the answer. In a 
few days "the boy" returned, having had a pleasant trip, 
and with a present for every member of the family, in- 
cluding even the servants, for whom he brought blankets 
for their beds. Not one cent of the twenty dollars had he 
spent on himself. That was " the stuff the boy was 
made of," and the youth was " father to the man." A 
long life was characterized by just such generous consid- 
eration for others and the desire to make all comfortable 
and happy. 

Law schools, as we now have them, not being known in 
those days, William P. Maulsby entered the office of Hon. 
John Nelson, in Baltimore, who then stood at the head of 
the legal professon there. 

At a dinner given by Mr. Nelson to his students, he met 
the half-sister of his host, who soon afterwards became 
his wife. 

On November 30, 1835, he was married by the Rev. 
Henry Van Dyke Johns, in Frederick, Maryland, to Emily 
Catherine Contee Tyler Nelson. 

He then began the practice of law in Frederick. Two 
years later a new county, Carroll, was created, with West- 
minster as county seat. William P. Maulsby was admitted 
to the bar of Carroll Co. , April 3, 1837, and immediately 
appointed State's attorney for the county. He was by 
heredity and conviction a Democrat, of the Jefferson and 
Jackson school; and was elected State senator in 1838, 
and served until 1844 — the first senator from Carroll Co. , 
and perhaps the youngest (22) man who ever served as 
senator in Maryland. He and his father occupied the 
unique position of serving in the Legislature together, the 
one in the House of Delegates, the other in the Senate. 
Those winter days must indeed have been days of * ' unal- 
loyed enjoyment to the united families" in the old City 
Hotel at Annapolis. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 123 

During Polk's administration Wm. P. Maulsby was ap- 
pointed to the incumbency of the United States arsenal 
at Pikesville. In 1853 he established and conducted a paper 
called the Democratic Union. In 1857 he was elected presi- 
dent of the Chesapeake Canal. His energy and capacity 
for work was unparalleled, and the amount he accom- 
plished enormous. 

In October, 1859, he joined the local militia commanded 
by his son-in-law. Captain John Ritchie (who had tele- 
graphed President Buchanan the first news of the famous 
John Brown raid), to quell what was feared would be a 
negro insurrection. Under a flag of truce, with his invet- 
erate love of fair play and desire to give everyone a 
fair chance, he entered the engine house where John 
Brown had entrenched himself with several prominent 
citizens as hostages, and had a conversation with the old 
man. Had he had authority to treat with him, good 
would have been the result. 

He was one of the presidential electors on the Douglas 
ticket, in 1860. After Lincoln's election his voice was 
ever for forbearance and conciliation, his influence ever 
for peace. Yet, though a life-long Democrat, a South- 
erner by birth, and a slave-holder, when the issue came 
he never for one instant faltered; he loved his country, 
his whole country, the Union, and when it was threat- 
ened, like Jackson, he swore ' ' it must and shall be pre- 
served." When the Potomac Home Brigade was organ- 
ized, with the promise that they should never be required 
to invade the Southern States, only to protect from inva- 
sion, he was appointed colonel of the First Regiment, 
which did splendid service during the entire war. The 
regiment was assigned to General N. P. Banks's command, 
and left Frederick, February 27, 1862. 

He took part in the battle of Gettysburg, and from 
that time on was constantly in the field in active service, 
until his time expired. 

He was a member of the Conservative Union party, or- 
ganized in 1866, and in 1867, as a member of the Constitu- 



124 THE MA ULSB Y FA MIL Y 

tional Convention of 1867, that met at Annapolis, helped 
to frame the present constitution of Maryland. 

On June 4, 1867, a great grief came to William P. Mauls- 
by in the death of his wife. 

Three children had died in childhood, and three Hved to 
survive both parents: 

William P., b. October 3, 1836, lived a few months ; Elizabeth Har- 
rison, b. 1838, lived to be six months old ; Roger Nelson, aged 18 
months and one week, died August, 1848 ; Betty Harrison, widow 
of Judge John Ritchie, of Frederick; Judge William P., Jr., of 
Frederick ; Emily Nelson Kimball, of Kenosha, Wisconsin. 

January 20, 1870, Governor Oden Bowie appointed Wil- 
liam P. Maulsby to the place made vacant by the death of 
his brother-in-law, Judge Madison Nelson. He thus became 
chief justice of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and member of the 
Court of Appeals of Maryland. 

In March, Wm. P. Maulsby removed to Westminster, and 
was shortly afterwards married to Ann Morthland, widow of 
John Fisher, and here the succeeding years of his busy life 
were spent, interested in all public and political questions of 
the day; and to him here came the final summons: surrounded 
by wife and children, on October 3, 1894, he quietly breathed 
his last. 

Eight ex-soldiers of the Civil War, members of his regi- 
ment, bore his body to the train for Frederick, where he was 
interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery. And the hymn he had 
most loved (because it had been sung over the fondly loved 
father) was sung over his grave— " Children of the Heavenly 
King." 

[Taken from a sketch of the life of the Hon. William P. 
Maulsby, by his daughter, Mrs. Ritchie.] 

Emily Nelson Ritchie married Donald McLean, of New 
York City, and is (1908) President General of the Daughters 
of the American Revolution. 




THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 125 

Children of William Pinkney Maulsby and Emily Catherine Conlee 

Tyler Nelson 

567. Elizabeth, died in infancy. 

568. Israel David, died in infancy. 

569. Betsy Harrison, m. John Ritchie of Frederick, lawyer and judge. 
Their children were 18 in number, as follows : Emily Nelson, m. 
Donald McLean, of New York City ; Catharine Lackland, m. Wil- 
liam Purnell, of Kenosha, Wisconsin ; Betty Maulsby, m. William 
Bouldin, of East Orange, N. J. ; Alberta, died in infancy ; Margaret 
Davis, m. William Floyd Sicard, of Washington, D. C. ; Jane Hall 
Maulsby, m. Allen R. Boyd, of Washington, D. C. ; Anne Meredith, 
of Washington, D. C. ; Willy Maulsby, of Frederick; William Mauls- 
by, died in infancy ; John, m. Edith Kensett, Washington, D. C. ; 
Albert, of N. Y. ; Eleanor Nelson, m. Chas. Winebrener, of Fred- 
erick; Edith; Georgie Johnson, m. Daniel F. Banks, of Baltimore ; 
Henrietta Hanson; Lynn Ursula ; Roger Nelson, of Colorado; 
Mary Harrison. 

570. William P., Jr., of Frederick, m. Henrietta Pigman, of Balto. 
Children : Mary Shriver, Emily Nelson, William Pinkney 3d., 
Henry Hanson. 

571. Emily Nelson, m. Henry Kimball, of Kenosha, Wisconsin. 
Children : Carolyn Swift, m. Prof. Rowe, of Kenosha University, 
Wisconsin ; William Maulsby, m. Carrie (?) Stockton, of Buffalo, 
N. Y. ; Emily Contee, m. William Forrest, of Chicago; AnnaMorth- 
land; Roger Nelson; John Ritchie; Norman Captive. [This name 
comes from one of the ancestors of Henry Kimball; having been an 
Indian captive.] 

572. Clarence Buell, d. in infancy. 

573. Roger Nelson, d. in infancy. 

William Maulsby 3d and Ann his Wife 

III. (13). William Maulsby, Jr., received a certificate 
dated 7 mo. 25, 1769, from Gwynedd, which was received 
at Warrington. 

In 1774 he was complained of by Warrington for marriage by a 
priest (meaning minister) to one not a member. 

His acknowledgment was offered and accepted. He is spoken of in 
the history of York County as a blacksmith. 

8 mo. 13, 1785, he received a certificate from Warrington to Gun- 
powder M. M. for himself, wife Ann, and children— William, John and 
Jane. 

In 1889, Ann Malsby was one of those signing the certificate of her 
cousin, Angelina Malsby, who married James Orr. 



126 THE MA ULSBY FAMILY 

2 mo. 27, 1790, Ann Malsby was appointed representative. 

In 1793, we find William is named as representative to the Monthly 
Meeting. And at other times both their names appear on the meeting 
records. 

William Malsby's name frequently appears in the Harford Co. land 
records, at Belair. 

On March 18, 1790, he buys sixty-five acres of Aquila Scott, part of 
"Scott's Improvement enlarged," consisting of two parcels of land, 
giving boundaries and, excepting the old graveyard and two graves in the 
garden, all situated in the town of Belair. — Harford Co. Deeds, p. 332. 

May 16, 1791, William Maulsby sells to his brother David for £25 in 
specie }4 acre of land in Belair, Harford Co., Md. — Deed Book, p. 333. 

October 30, 1798, William Maulsby, of Harrison Co., Va., a black- 
smith, and Ann his wife, sell to their sister, Eleanor Maulsby, land in 
or near Belair, Md. 

So at this time William Maulsby 3d and wife had prob- 
ably emigrated to West Virginia, as their names frequently 
appear in land records there, beginning in 1794. 

But a William Maulsby 's name was still on the Deer Co. 
Meeting records after 1800. 

Dec. 19, 1796. — Lemly Haword and William Maulsby and Ann his 
wife conveyed to Clement Brooks, of Fayette Co., Pa., a tract of land 
situated on Lost Creek or waters thereof*, containing 472 acres. Re- 
corded Deed Book 2, page 497. Land about nine miles from Clarksburg. 
Consideration, $330.00. 

Three or four different conveyances of land were made to William 
Maulsby in 1794. — Harrison Co., W. Va., Records. 

[These records are very incomplete and obscure.] 

Besides "William, John and Jane," a son (43) Benjamin 
had been added to the family, and it may be there were other 
children. 

A family tradition, related by Wm. P. Maulsby, comes in 
here, and is probably correct, as part of it has been verified : 

" One branch of the family," possibly WiHiam (3) or his 
son William (4), "emigrated westward and settled first at 
Pittsburg and built the first iron-works, but failed for want 
of fire-brick. The family then followed the river westward, 

* One tract of land deeded to William Maulsby is described as situated "on 
Lost Creek or tenters." While there is a Lost Creek in Harrison Co., there is some 
reason to think that William Maulsby and his son John may have emigrated to 
Lost Creek, Teun., and joined others of the family there, and pushed further west 
later— some of the family seMling near Nashville. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 127 

some settling near Wheeling and others, pushing still further, 
settled in Missouri. " From here Wm. P. Maulsby also re- 
lates he had heard of one member of the family, a respecta- 
ble lawyer. 

There is at present still living in Raleigh Co., West 
Va. , a family by name of Malsby, the only one of this branch 
who have kept the old spelling, but I have been unable to 
reach them. Some of this family, too, were living in Lees- 
burg, Va., in 1857. 

" From 1760-80 agreat many people from what is now Loudoun.Co., 
Va., and Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, West Va., settled on Green- 
brier and the head waters of the Great Kanawha River, and I feel sure 
his ancestors were of this number," writes Captain Thomas A. Maulsby, 
of Fairmount, West Va. 

Near New Madrid, Mo. , and to the west, are living the 
descendants of three brothers who probably belong to this 
family : Hezekiah, Hananiah, and Lemuel Maulsby. 

Hezekiah died in 1853, and left two sons : Fred, (who 
was twice married and died in 1884, leaving three daughters 
and a son, Robert Maulsby, by his first wife, and a daughter, 
Sarah, now Mrs. Robt. Rutledge, by his second wife) and 
George, who died in 1879, and left two daughters. 

Hananiah was the partner of his brother in the general 
merchandise business, and Lemuel was a prominent law- 
yer. Of their descendants we have not been able to learn. 

IV. Children of William Malsby 3d and Ann his Wife 

40. William, 4th. 

41. John. 

42. Jane. 

43. Benjamin, and perhaps other children. 

Of Jane Maulsby we have no further record. 

Betsy Brown visited in Leesburg, or near there, a cousin, 
by name of Burgess Bartlett. And there were other cousins 
by the name of Bender, with whom she was intimate, but of 
whom we have found no trace. 

About 1858, there were two maiden ladies named Maulsby 
living near Leesburg, and there are supposed to be others or 
their descendants of this name in the neighborhood, at present. 



128 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

IV. (40) . William Malsby 4th. From the minutes of Gun- 
powder M. M., 7 mo. 30, 1796, we copy : 

" William Maulsby [4th] hath had his marriage accomplished con- 
trary to good order to a woman not of our society," and he is therefore 
disowned from meeting. 

From Harrison Co. records:— William Maulsby [4th] was married to 
Ann Davidson, Jan. 12, 1796, by the Rev. John Patterson, and this ac- 
counts for the former records, as the Friends at that date were very 
strict in the way by which the marriages of their members were accom- 
plished. 

Jan. 19, 1824. — Absalom Maulsby was married to Ann Campbell. 

It seems likely that he was a son of William Malsby (4), but of this 
we have no record. 

IV. (41). John Maulsby, son of William Maulsby 3d, mar- 
ried Charlotte Bartlett, and moved from Leesburg to 
Harrison Co., W. Va. Here their son (150) Lawson 
Bartlett Maulsby was born January 30, 1807. 

Charlotte Maulsby died January 30, 1809, leaving an 
infant daughter. 

John Maulsby was a tanner by trade, and his son followed 
the business at the old place, then called "Maulsby's 
Ford," on the West Fork River, afterwards called Mauls- 
by 's bridge, now Maulsby Station, on the Mononga R. R., a 
branch of the B.& 0. running from Clarksburgto Fairmonnt. 

John Maulsby married a second time, the only sister of 
his first wife, Amelia Bartlett, and raised a family of 
four boys : (151) William, last heard from at Nashville, 
Tenn. ; (151) Augustus, after whom Capt. Thomas Augus- 
tus Maulsby was named; (153) Benjamin and (154) George. 

John Maulsby moved westward and died in Missouri 
near New Madrid, New Madrid Co. 

"The West Fork river and the Tygart Valley river form the Monon- 
gahela R. at Fairmont. My grandfather floated down the West Fork 
and Monongahela past Pittsburg to the Ohio and on down the Ohio and 
Mississippi rivers to New Madrid, Mo. That was a common way of 
emigrating even since my recollection," writes Thomas A. Maulsby. 

V. (150.) Lawson Bartlett Maulsby was born Jan. 30, 
1806. He followed his father's trade of tanner, buying 
out the tannery at Maulsby' s Ford. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 129 

He married Elizabeth Ogden, of Harrison Co., W. Va., 
Dec. 28, 1826, and died at Harrisville, Ritchie Co., W. Va., 
Nov. 7, 1844. 

Elizabeth Ogden, daughter of William Rodum and 
Phebe Hall Ogden, was born Dec. 11, 1809, and died at 
West Union, Doddridge Co., July 7, 1889, in her 80th 
year. Their children were : 

Louisa E. ; John W. ; Tabitha A. ; Emily V. ; Thomas A. ; Benjamin 
H. ; Charlotte A. ; Mary Lethe, and George J. 

" My grandfather moved away before my recollection and my father 
died when I was eleven years old so I never learned much about 
my ancestors. My father was not a church member and what re- 
ligious belief he held I do not know. None of my father's family 
ever held slaves, that I know of. My mother's family did, but her 
father, my grandfather, was an abolitionist and never sold any 
slaves and freed 36, all he had, before his death (1851). All his 
children were brought up to believe that slavery was wrong in 
principle and he and some of his children suffered persecution on 
account of his belief on the question. 

"All my relations on both sides were Union people during the War 
of the Rebellion. I and two brothers were in the Federal Army, and my 
other brother, Benjamin, he was a Deputy U. S. Marshall." 



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The records of Harrison Co. state that on Dec. 29, 1808, John Maulsby 
married Mary Hall. This record seems to conflict with the family tra- 
ditions, although a fuller knowledge might show us differently. 

Each son of Lawson Bartlett Maulsby was named for one of his 
brothers and for one of his wife's brothers. 

William Maulsby and a brother were merchants in Nashville at the 
breaking out of the Civil War. The last letter received from them (so 
writes Mrs. Hetrick) was written by my grandsire's [William's] request 
to Lawson Bartlett 's widow, during the war. 

The town of Gipsy is now on or near the site of the old tannery 
property. 

Lawson Bartlett Maulsby owned a quarter-section of land in Allen 
Co., Ohio. A part of the city of Lima, and a part of what is called 
the South Lima oil field, is on that piece of land. 

In the Spring of 1838 the family removed to Doddridge County, W. 
Va., where Lawson Bartlett Maulsby was the first postmaster in the 



130 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

county. About 1842 he built a large three-story house that was paint- 
ed white and known as the "White House." He carried on a store of 
general Merchandise. The house is no longer standing, but the tan 
house was still there in 1901. 

The family Bible was burned some time in the 70's. 

Our grandfather's brother, Benjamin, lived in Leesburg. — From 
letter from Mrs. Hetrick. 

Lawson Bartlett Maulsby's family belonged to the Methodist Church. 

Lawson Bartlett Maulsby, b. Jan. 30, 1806; d. Nov. 7, 
1844, at Harrisville, Ritchie Co., married Dec. 28, 1826, 
Elizabeth Ogden, of Harrison Co. , W. Va. , who was born 
Dec. 11, 1809; d. July 7, 1889, at West Union, Doddridge 
Co., W. Va. Their children were : — 

594. Louisa Eleanor, b. Oct. 2, 1827; d. Jan., 1863; married Enoch B. 
Southworth; 2 children; , George. 

595. John William Maulsby, b. Nov. 29, 1828, d. Aug., 1899; m. 3 
times. —Sarah Sprout, Cordelia Collins, and Sarah Ireland. His 
widow, Sarah Maulsby, lives at West Union, W. Va. Children : 
Had two sons, Lawson and William, who died, and John L. Maulsby, 
Silver Plume, Col.; Columbia A. Maulsby Scott, West Union; Eliz. 
E. Maulsby Britton, Holbrook, Ritchie Co., W. Va. ; Benjamin H. 
Maulsby, W. Union, Doddridge Co., W. Va. 

596. Tabitha Ann Maulsby, b. Aug. 11, 1830 ; d. Aug. 18, 1844, at 
Harrisville, Ritchie Co., W. Va. 

597. Emily Vilinda, b. Oct. 29, 1831; d. Jan. 17, 1882. Married David 
H. Lentz, Dec. 27, 1853, and had one son, Harry, who married and 
left three sons — Jay, Guy, and Roy, living at Newark, Ohio. Emily 
Vilinda married, 2d, Levi Zartman, June, 1858, of Glenford, Ohio. 
Children four, all dead but Charles. 

598. Thomas Augustus Maulsby, b. Oct. 18, 1833, at Maulsby, W. 
Va., m. May 22, 1856, Louisa Marguerite Swearingen, who died 
Dec. 10, 1906. Children: 1. Charles Lawson Maulsby, b. July 24, 
1857; d. Nov. 1902; m. May, 1878, Laura Emma Nichols ; children, 
Anna Clayton, m. James E. Gray, and have two children, Emily 
and Sarah; Thomas Nichols Maulsby; all living at Park View 
Height, near Oakley, W. Denmore, Md. 2. Augustus Frank 
Maulsby, b. Jan. 11, 1859, m. in California and last heard from at 
Fresno, California, 1894. 3. Henry Leigh Maulsby, b. June 21, 
1861; d. Feb. 3, 1864. 4. Thomas Carter Brent Maulsby, b. Sept. 
17, 1862; d. Feb. 12, 1864. 5. Edwin Scott Maulsby, b. Aug. 24, 
1864; m. ; children, Lawrence, Helen, and Thomas Edwin Maulsby. 
6. Lawrence Swearingen Maulsby, b. Sept. 17, 1870; d. May 10, 
1893, at Fairmont, W. Va. 7. Frederic Ogden Maulsby, b. Feb. 
26, 1879: d. Nov. 24, 1879. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 131 

Captain Thomas A. Maulsby's address is Mountain Lake Park, Md., 
or Martinsburg, W. Va. 

599. Benjamin Harrison Maulsby, b. Nov. 5, 1835; d. Aug., 1891; m. 
1858-9, Ann Beeson* Foley; children, Virginia Maulsby, m. A. A. 
Bee, and has a son, Ralph; Camilla Ann Maulsby, m. John H, 
Davis, and has a daughter, Eulalia Beeson Davis. ^Address, West 

Union, W. Va. 

600. Charlotte Amelia Maulsby, b. Jan. 16, 1838, married March 19, 
1863; Noah Hetrick, of Ada, near Lima, Ohio; child, Edwin Maulsby 
Hetrick, of Findlay, Ohio; children. Bertha, . 

601. George Jay Maulsby, of Meadowbrook, W. Va., b. Aug. 28, 
1839; m. Nov. 15, 1868, Mary J. Tichenal; children, Augustus J., 
b. Dec. 13, 1869, Meadowbrook, W. Va.; Archibald G., b. Feb. 11, 
1871, m. Nov., 1902, Gem, Braxton Co.,W.Va.; Ida M., b. Feb. 13, 

1873, m. June 7, 1894, Ferren, of Mt. Clare, W. Va.; Walter 

A., b. June 2, 1875, Fairmont, W. Va.; Elizabeth M., b. Dec. 25, 
1878, Meadowbrook, W. Va. ; Icie V., b. Oct. 9, 1879, d. Feb. 28, 
1891; Amelia C, b. Dec. 9, 1882, Meadowbrook, W. Va.; Baby 
Maulsby, b. 

602. Mary Lethe, b. Sept. 10, 1842; m. John Thomas Johnston, Nov. 
1862, of Coalton, W. Va. ; children, Estella, wife of Henry Halde- 
man, Coalton, W. Va. ; Blanche J. Lindsay, Junior, W. Va. ; Harry 
Johnston, Kansas City, Mo.; Atwell Johnston, Lane, Franklin Co., 
Kansas; Charles Johnston, Coalton, W. Va. 

IV. (43). Benjamin Maulsby, son of William Malsby 3d. 
and Ann his wife, lived at Leesburg, Va. He married 
Charlotte Markell. They had no children. Both were 
buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederic, Md. Emily Char- 
lotte Banks, nee Maulsby, was named for Charlotte 
Maulsby. 

Biography of Captain Thomas Augustus Maulsby 

Captain Thomas Augustus Maulsby, son of Lawson Bart- 
lett and Elizabeth Ogden Maulsby, was born at Maulsby, Har- 
rison Co. , West Virginia, on Oct. 18, 1833. When he was quite 

* Probably the first Friend to settle in the Redstone region was Henry Beeson, 
from Berkeley Co.,Va., in 1768. He was the founder of Beesontown.now Uniontown, 
Fayette Co. He was soon joined by other Friends. 

In 1776 — Report to Warrington and Fairfax that about 18 families have removed 
from diflferent parts of this & neighboring Provinces & settled over the Alligaha- 
nia Mountains. 

Because of trouble with the Indians during the Revolution, this settlement 
was for the time abandoned. 

In 1817 Henry and Mary Beeson deed to Friends, property for a meeting-house 
for Ohio Yearly Meeting. 



132 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

small his parents removed to West Union, Doddridge county, 
and there his boyhood was spent. He removed to Fairmont, 
West Va., on Sept. 13, 1851, where he has since lived, with 
the exception of the years from 1881-87. He was married, 
May 22, 1856, to Louisa M. Swearingen, of Fairmont. They 
had seven sons: Charles L. Maulsby,who died 1896 ; Augus- 
tus Frank; Henry Leigh and Thomas Carter Brent, who both 
died in 1864; Edward S., of Trenton, N. J.; Lawrence, who 
died in 1893; and Frederick Ogden, who died in infancy. 

Captain Maulsby is a veteran of the Civil War. He en- 
listed in the 6th West Virginia Infantry, in 1861, and was 
made captain of his company. He served ten months in the 
infantry, when (Jan. 3, 1863) his company was transferred 
to light artillery, at a special order from the War Depart- 
ment, and known as Maulsby's Independent Battery, Virginia 
Light Artillery, U. S. A. (afterward as Battery F). 

The transfer came about in this wise : Colonel N. Wil- 
kinson (of the 6th Va. Infantry) sent for him to accompany 
him to Cumberland, Md., in June, 1862, where he was greeted 
by General B. F. Kelly with these words : ' 'Captain, I have 
selected you out of eighty captains to take charge of a new 
battery that was sent to me at Clarksburg, Va., a few days 
ago." 

On June 14, 1863, in an engagement with Rhoades's di- 
vision, E well's Corps, C. S. A., he was severely wounded in 
the right leg, and being incapacitated for further service, 
was discharged from the army. 

His military standing is given by Judge Mason, of Fair- 
mont, in the following letter : 

John W. Mason, Judge, Second Judicial Circuit. 

Fairmont, W. Va., Mch. 8, 1904. 
Ella K. Barnard, Baltimore. 

Madam : 

Your note of inquiry in relation to the military record of Capt. T. 
A. Maulsby, of Fairmont, W. Va. is received. 

It is not an easy task to do justice to the merits of a person of Capt. 
Maulsby's record. The truth is he was stricken down— disabled— just as 
he began to make his military record. 










Captain Thomas Augustus Maulsby 
1833-1908 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 133 

He had shown himself to be an unequaled disciplinarian, a natural 
leader, brave and patriotic. I think I do no injustice to any organization 
when I say that in my opinion his Battery was one of the best, if not in 
fact the best disciplined company in the volunteer service, on the day he 
was wounded, June 14th, 1863. Unfortunately for him and for his country, 
before his career had fairly begun, he was permanently disabled. 

However, on more than one occasion he had opportunity to, and did 
demonstrate his admirable soldiery bearing; no one who saw him on the 
field the day he was wounded in the thickest of the fight, manifesting 
such genuine courage, will ever forget him, or fail to realize that he was 
a great soldier. 

He was mustered into the service August 23d, 1861, as Captain Co. 
"C," 6th Va. Infty., and served in that capacity until about July, 1862, 
doing duty very largely with scouting parties in the mountains of north- 
western Virginia. In July, 1862, he was given command of a battery of 
light artillery, taking with him his own company and details from other 
companies of the regiment. In the fall of 1862, service in the Tygarts 
Valley of Virginia, with headquarters at Martinsburg. 

In March, 1863, Co. "C" was permanently detached from the 6th 
Regiment and became Battery F, 1st Va. Light Arty. 

From the day of his enlistment up to the time of his injury he served 
continuously with his command— always at his post. When Lee came 
down the Valley in June, 1863, to cross into Pennsylvania, his advance 
was resisted at Martinsburg, and in an engagement on the 14th day of 
June, 1863, Capt. Maulsby received a severe wound in the leg which 
totally disabled him and made him a cripple for life. So anxious were his 
comrades to have him return and take the command of the battery that 
his place was kept open for him until June 9th, 1864. 

April 15th, 1904. — I began this letter more than a month ago and was 
compelled to go into court and did not have time to take it up again until 
now. I forward it to you. Wish I had time to write more. I never 
tire talking or writing of my dear old Captain. 

Very truly, 

John W. Mason. 

For four years Captain Maulsby was superintendent of 
the manufacturing of internal revenue stamp paper in East 
Pepperill, Mass., and since 1898 has been internal revenue 
store-keeper, with headquarters at Lawrenceburg, Ky., and 
Martinsburg, W. Va. 

On the 50th anniversary of his wedding, held at Fair- 
mont in 1906, in a beautiful letter. Judge Henry Clay Mc- 
Dougal, of Kansas City, Mo., another old comrade in arms, 
gives a glimpse of the sad hospital days : 



134 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

"It lacks but a few weeks of being 45 years, yet to me it seems but 
yesterday since I saw the tall, handsome, gallant captain in his first uni- 
form of blue drilling his recruits for Company C, of the Union regiment 
in which I served as a private soldier. The transformation of that com- 
pany into the artillery corps later made the name and fame of Maulsby's 
Battery glorious in the nation's history of the big war. 

" Then came the wounded captain and his long suffering in the hos- 
pital. There around his cot a smooth-faced boy in blue often sang songs 
of faith and hope and triumph, and told tales of love and daring and war 
to lure him back to life and health. 

"That boy, now past 61, as the magic wand of memory beckons Jiim 
back to that far-away time, feels a suspicious welling up of the throat 
while penning these lines ; his eyes moisten and his heart beats stronger 
and faster in sad yet pleasing memory of the kindness and constant 
friendship of that dear wounded captain and his devoted wife all the way 
down from that day to this. He takes off his glasses, wipes his eyes, 
and says to himself, 'Thank God for memory.' " — Extract From Letter 
of Henry Clay McDougal. 

Louisa M. Maulsby died Dec. 10, 1906. Since this time 
Thomas A. Maulsby spends his winters in Martinsburg, 
having again taken up his work as internal revenue store- 
keeper, and he spends his summers at his cottage home at 
Mountain Lake Park, Md. 

He remembers primitive days in W. Va. , and has himself 
turned the hand mill to grind the corn for supper, when he 
appeared an unexpected guest at a remote farmhouse. These 
old mills were fixed with a beam to the ceiling of the kitchen. 

He knows of very cruel warfare against the Indians.* 

* Near Fairmount, W. Va., is a monument to one of her early settlers, who was 
a great Indian fighter. The following story has often been told, and in part printed, 
and is well authenticated: Hearing the call of the wild turkey one evening, the old 
man, suspecting an ambuscade, took his gun and went to a piece of land where his 
son and daughter were at work getting ready to plant some melons. He soon 
located two Indians, one of whom he shot, and it was soon a hand-to-hand encounter 
between him and the remaining one. After a desperate struggle he left him for 
dead and made his way to the fort. Returning later to the scene of the conflict, with 
one or more companions, a trail of blood showed the Indian alive, and he soon came 
crawling toward them from the bushes with outstretched hand, shaking it, and call- 
ing, "How do, white man; ? how do, bruder. ? " The white man fell on him and 
killed him; and then, horrible to relate, skinned him and tanned his skin. Part of 
this skin was made up in the seat of a side-saddle for his daughter. A strip of this 
same skin, a yard long, is still preserved, and the leather is said to be of the softest 
and finest texture. Years after, when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was being 
built through West Virginia (1850?), a descendant of this man was among the work 
men, as well as a Delaware Indian. As soon as the Indian heard the remembered name 
it was evident that revenge was sure; but his intended victim made good bis escape. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 135 

In speaking of war times he writes : 

" General Pope was credited with cutting a canal and passing boats 
around Island No. 10 during the operations there. 

" That canal was there before General Pope was born and merely 
needed the timber cut to widen it. 

"It was what is known as a corduroy road, right through the timber, 
and some seasons of the year was under water, forming a bayou fifteen 
or twenty feet wide. 

"I had occasion in 1858, during the overflow, to go out into the coun- 
try to find the sheriff, and rode horseback through the water along that 
famous canal about four miles. Most places the water was up to the 
horse's breast, and I never saw the road through the whole four miles." 



V 
MERCHANT AND ELIZABETH MAULSBY 

The riches of a commonwealth 

Are free, strong minds and hearts of health, 

And more to her than gold or grain, 

The cunning hand and cultured brain. 

II. (19). Merchant Maulsby was born 11 mo. 7, 1698/9, on 
board the ship Bristol Merchant, during the voyage that 
broght the mother and her httle family to their new home 
in Philadelphia, and for that reason was given the name 
Merchant. It is likely that he grew to manhood in 
Plymouth (Spring Mill) neighborhood, and was taught 
the trade of carpenter. 

On the 17th day of December, 1723, he was married to 
Elizabeth Parker, at the Swedes' Episcopal Church at 
Wicacoe, and the original marriage certificate, of which a 
copy is given, is in possession of his great-grandson, Mor- 
ris Maulsby Dean, of Belair, Harford Co., Md. For 
having married out of meeting, he was dealt with, as was 
common in those days, by the Society of Friends, at 
Gwynedd Monthly Meeting. 

On the ' '28th of 8th mo. 1735, he produced a paper condemning his 
outgoings in marriage which was read and received" (Gwynedd M. Mtg. 
Records) ; so that his wife and children became members of Friends. 

Merchant and Elizabeth Maulsby settled in Whitemarsh 
township (probably on part of his father-in-law's farm), as 
shown by the following deed: 

Oct. 24, 1730 — Merchant Malsby, of Whitemarsh township, Phila. 
Co., carpenter, fifty acres in Whitemarsh for £550, deeded to Robert 
Wain, merchant of Philadelphia. Edward Farmer sold one hundred and 
twenty-six acres to Casper Stol, who sold ninety-three acres of same to 
John Parker, of which he sold fifty acres to Merchant Malsby. Witnesses — 
Evan Meredith and Thomas Williams. — (Phila. Deeds, Book D7, page 206.) 

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THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 137 

Under Landholders of Phila. Co. for 1734, Merchant Malsby's name 
is given as owning 34 acres in Whitemarsh township. 

March 13, 1749/50, Anthony and Phebe Morris of Philadelphia sold 
one hundred acres of land in Whitemarsh to Merchant Maltsby, yeoman 
or carpenter. 

On June 21, 1780, Merchant Maulsby, carpenter, sold twenty-seven 
and a half acres and ten perches of the above one hundred acres to 
Thomas Lancaster, Sr., and Thomas Lancaster, Jr., joining Henry Dove, 
David Encoff and William West. Witnesses — Samuel Morris and John 
Wilson. (Norristown Deeds, Book — , page 266.) 

In 1780 Merchant Maulsby was censured by Gwynedd M. M. for 
taking the oath of allegiance to the state and paying a militia tax. 

On November 27, 1782, Merchant Maltsby sold twenty-one and a 
quarter acres and thirty perches more of the one hundred acres for £101, 
16s, the purchaser being Henry Toup. This was part of Major Jasper 
Farmar's 5000 acres. It joined land of Joseph Lukens, other land of 

Henry Toup, "to the middle of Whitemarsh great Road" 

"thence along the middle of east road west to William West's lands, " etc., 
by lands of Joshua Morris back to place of beginning. 

No record of the sale of the rest of this property has been 
found, but it is evident that Merchant had disposed of all his 
property at the time of the making of his will, which is as 
follows: 

Will 

In the name of God, Amen ; the 25th Day of April Anno Domini One 
Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Five, I, Merchant Maulsby, of Rox- 
borough Township, County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, Car- 
penter, being aged, but of perfect Mind and Memory Blessed be Al- 
mighty God for the same, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life 
and that it is appointed for all men once to Die, Do make and Declare 
this my last will and Testament in manner Following, viz : 

I Desire and it is my Will that my Funeral Charges and all my 
other just debts be paid out of my Estate, And Touching such worldlv 
Estate as it hath pleased the Almighty God to bless and Endow me with 
in this life, I give devise and bequeath and dispose of as follows : 

First— I give and bequeath to my Elder son John the sum of Two 
Hundred Pounds. I likewise bequeath to my son Morris the sum of Two 
Hundred Pounds, and I give and bequeath the like sum of Two Hundred 
Pounds to my Daughter Mary Stern, and likewise give and bequeath to 
my Daughter Sarah the sum of Ninety Pounds, and likewise I give and 
bequeath to my Grandson William Maulsby the sum of Ten Pounds, like- 
wise I give and bequeath to my Grandson Samuel Maulsby the sum of 
Ten Pounds, and I likewise give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Eliza- 



138 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

beth Freese the like sum of Ten Pounds, and further it is my will and 
desire that if my Estate at my Decease is more than what I have already 
bequeathed that the remainder or Overplus be Equally Divided between 
my Grand Children, that is William Maulsby, Samuel Maulsby and Eliz- 
beth Freese, Share and Share alike. And likewise it is my will that if 
my son Morris should die without Issue before my Decease that his 
Legacy be Equally divided between my children, viz, John, Mary and 
Sarah. I likewise give the Bed, Bedding and Bedstead which I now sleep 
on to my Grand Daughter Isabel or Eddy Stearn for her good Service to 
me at this time. And I do ordain Nominate and Constitute and appoint my 
son Morris Maulsby and Anthony Cook to be my Executors of this my 
last will and Testament, and I do hereby revoke and make void all other 
wills by me at any time heretofore made, and I do confirm this to be my 
Last will and Testament. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the day 
and Year before written in the Presence of us. 

Marchant Maulsby [seal]. 

Jacob Gilbart, affirmed. 

Mesheleml^h Alloway, affirmed. 

Proved December 1, 1785. 

(Philadelphia, Wills Book T, page 229.) 

From this will it is evident that Elizabeth Maulsby had 
died before her husband ; and that the sons William and Mer- 
chant Maulsby, Jr. , were no longer living, and Morris at this 
time had no children. That Merchant Maulsby in the eighty- 
sixth year of his age died November [.^] , 1785, at the home of 
his daughter, Mary Stern, in Roxborough township, ten- 
derly cared for by her and her daughter, Isabel or Eddy, who 
had married before the settling of the estate, and in the exec- 
utor's accounts is spoken of as "Edah Nunnamaker.* 

Merchant Maulsby was a witness to his brother William's marriage 
to Rose Rees, 2 mo. 19, 1732. 

In 1748 he was a witness to the signing of a deed given in 1721 by 
his brother John Maultsby and wife Mary to John Davies for 50 acres of 
land in Plymouth township. John Ax, of Germantown, in his will dated 
June 1, 1758, appoints Merchant Maulsby, Sr., his executor. 

In the assessment of Whitemarsh township for 1780, Merchant Mauls- 
by has 80 acres, 3 cows, and is "aged." 

*In history of York Co. we find the name of Abraham Nunemacher, with a 
family of 3 persons valued at £30. This Is given only as a possible clue to the daugh- 
ter of Mary Stern, who married a Nunnemacher two years later.— History of York 
County. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 139 

County of Phila. tax list for 1783 gives Merchant Maulsby 100 acres. 
Under Land Warrants, Penna. Archives, 1783, we find Merchant 
Maulsby, 100 acres in Phila. Co. 

Inventory 

An Inventory of the Goods and Chatties of Merchant Maulsby of Rox- 
borough Township, County of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania 
Deceased and Appraised this Thirteenth Day of December Anno 
Domoni One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-five By us 

William Levering 
Nathan Levering 

To Wearing Apperal £8 Os Od 

To a Bedstead and Bedding 10 

To Cash 1 14 3 

To Bonds 996 16 6 



£1016 10s 9d 



December 14, 1785, then Personally appeared Before me the sub- 
scriber, one of the justices for the county of Phila., the above named Wm. 
Levering and Nathan Levering and was qualified according to law that 
the above appraisement is just and true according to the best of their 
knowledge. 

Appraised Before me, 

Jno. Nice. 

Executors^ Accounts 

In 1790 the executors pray allowance for the following : 

Sept. 10. Cash paid Samuel £47 Is Id 

Cash paid William per 
John Freese 
Cash paid John Freese 
By certif. 
Registering this acct. 
Balance 



Inventory amount 
With notes, etc. 



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Funeral expenses of Deceased £10 Os 7d 

Probate of Will 
Geo, Egart for Receipt 
Mary Stern 
John Hudson [?] 
Sundry expenses 

Pd. Edah Nunnamaker Bed and Bed- 
ding according to Will 
Mary Stern legacy 
Morris Maulsby 
Sarah Dean 
John Freese for wife 
Robt. Sellers guard, for Samuel 



Comissions, etc. 

Balance to be disposed of according to 
will 



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From Penna. Archives Tax Lists 

1769 
Merchant Malsby, Sr., 80 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows; tax 12, 17, 4; 
100 acres, 1 h, 1 c; tax 10, 1, 0. 

1779 
Merchant's tax inPhila., 10 shillings; Merchant, d. 2, 10,0; Morris, p. 
h'd.d. 1, 10, 0. 

Merchant and Elizabeth Parker Maulsby were probably 
both buried at Plymouth Meeting. 

///. Children of Merchant and Elizabeth Parker Maulsby 

17. John Maulsby, m. Margaret.H 

18. Morris (Morrice), m. 1st ; 2d, Eleanor Malsby.H 

19. Merchant Maulsby, Jr., m. Hannah Davis. 1I 

20. William, m. Hannah Coulston.Tf 

21. Mary, m. Stern. T| 

22. Sarah, m. Samuel Dean.l 




'Att Cslne in y^ valley." Built 1716 

(('ourtcsy ot'l'rnman Uoates, M.D.) 




Friends' Meeting House at Radnor, Pa. Built 1718. Used as a hospital 
during the Revolution 

(Courtesy of Truman Coates, M.D.) 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 141 

III. (17). Of John Malsby, the "elder son" of Merchant 
Maulsby, Sr., we know nothing surely, but suppose him 
to be the John Malsby living in Cain township, Chester 
Co., or, as the old records say, "at Calne in y' Valey." 

It is likely that his wife was Margaret and that they 
had no children, as none are mentioned in the will of Mer- 
chant Maulsby (still, this supposition may be wrong),* 
and so far no trace of them has been found. 

From the Penna. Archives, III Series, Vol. XII 

John Malsby was living in East Cain, Chester Co., Pa., in 1780, and 
was taxed for 93 acres, 2 horses, and 2 cattle. 

In 1781 he was assessed for the same number of acres, horses, and 
cattle. 

In 1785 the amount of his tax is given at £1 8d Is. 

The will of John Barr, of East Cain, Feb. 22, 1774, is witnessed by 
John Jacobs and Margaret Maulsby. 

III. (18) . Morris or Morrice Maulsby, son of Merchant and 
Elizabeth Parker Maulsby, was b. near Plymouth; m., 1st, 
1760 [no children]; m., 2d, March 22, 1792, Eleanor, t 
daughter of William and Rose Malsby, They had two 
children. (44 and 45. Elizabeth and Edith; see Eleanor.) 
Morris Malsby died at Belair, Md. , about 1810, and is 
buried at Little Falls Friends' Meeting house. 

From Original Marriage Certificate 

I do hereby certify that on the 22d March, 1792, I did legally solemn- 
ize the Rites of marriage between Maurice Maulsby and Eleanor Mauls- 
by, of Harford County, Maryld. 

John Coleman. 
Harfd. County, St. John's Parish, March 22, 1792. 

In 1760 Morris Maulsby is dealt with for marriage contrary to dis- 
cipline. —Plymouth Records. 

Morris Maulsby was a a soldier in the Revolutionary war from Har- 
ford County. 

In the Whitemarsh assessment for 1780 Morris Maulsby is a "single 
man." 

* It is also possible that this John Malsby is the son of John Maultsby. There 
were Malebys living in Chester Co. a generation later, who may have been his chil- 
dren. 

t On page 90 the date of the reception of Eleanor's certificate is given as 1797. It 
should be 1791. The date of her marriage should be 1792. 



142 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 



III. (19). Merchant Maulsby, Jr., son of Merchant and 
Elizabeth (Parker) Maulsby, was born about 1735 and 
died in 1772. He married November — , 1766, Hannah 
Davis, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Rees) Davis. [Jane 
Rees was a sister of Rose Rees, the wife of William 
Malsby, the uncle of Merchant Maulsby, Jr.] 
The children of Merchant and Hannah Maulsby were : 

(46). Samuel, b. , d. July 12, 1838; m. Susan Thomas, daughter 

of Jonathan and Alice (Jarrett) Thomas. 
(47). Elizabeth, b. , d. . m. [John Freese] (?). 

Merchant and Hannah Maulsby settled in Whitemarsh 
Township. 

Deed June 20, 1767 

Hester Potts, of Whitemarsh Township, widow. Executrix of Nathan 
Potts, late of Whitemarsh, Blacksmith, Deceased, etc., to Merchant 
Maulsby of Whitemarsh, Millwright, for £651. 

A certain tract in Whitemarsh Township, purchased by Nathan Potts 
of Joshua Lawrence, July 24, 1739, beginning at a stone in Plymouth 
line set for a Corner, thence by said line North-East 153 perches to a 
storje set for a corner; thence by Margaret Knight's Land South-East, 
1081 perches to a stone set for a Corner ; thence South- West by Edward 
Stroud's land, 112 perches to a stone set for a Corner; thence North-West 
by land of Joshua Lawrence 26^ perches to a stone set for a Corner; 
thence South- West by the same land 72 perches to a stone set for a Cor- 
ner by the great Road, North-West 26y perches to a stone set for a Cor- 
ner by Elizabeth and Catherine Ellis's Land; thence North-East 34 
perches to a stone set for a Corner; thence North-West 51 perches to the 
place of the beginning, containing 100 acres of land, with buildings, etc. 
Witnesses— Alexander Colley and William Dewees. — (Norristown Deeds, 
Book 7, page 492.) 



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This tract included the fifteen acres purchased by Charles Thomas at 
the time of the settlement of Samuel Maulsby's estate, on which was the 
"old Maultsby house," part of which property is now owned by David 
Marple. 




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Letters of administration on the estate of Merchant Maulsby, Jr., 
were granted March 9, 1722, to his widow, Hannah Maulsby. Her 
bondsmen were Samuel Davis and David Davis. 

Inventory 

Feb. ye 19ff\ 1772. 

Inventory of Goods and Chatties of Merchant Maulsby, 
the Day and year above said 
To Y'' Hors, Saddle & Bridle and Wearing 

Apparel 
To Feather Bed & Bedding & Bedsted 
To a Pine Chest 
To Bed Beding and Bedsted 
To a pine Desk 
To a Black walnut Table 
To a Spining Wheal 
To a Black walnut Tea Table 
To oats in the Stack 
To Windmill and Cuting Box 
hay 

To Cart & gears 
To Plow & irons 
Slead 

Two grind Stones 
To two Cows & a Calf 
To two Shoats 
To two Iron potts & a Cittle 
To a pare of hand Irons and potracks, fire- 

Shovel and tongs 
To Brass Cittle & tea Cittle 
To two Bags & a Cask and Chest 
To a Doe tray and table 
To a Bake iron and grid Iron 
To Puter 

To feather Bed Bedding & Bedstead 
To a truckel Bedstead & Beding 



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THE MAULSBY FAMILY 



To a Cace of Drors 

To a stove 

To a work bench & Turning Lath 

To Saddle Bags 

To Mill Right Tools 

To tools & chest 

To a plane & f Auger 

To a Saddle 

To fore Chears & two Boxes 

To old Casks 

To a Ax, maul & two Wedges 

To Beaf and Baken 

To Citching Lumber 

To a hive of beas 

To Boards 

To 8 Acres of Com in the ground 

To two Hows & a Iron Bar 

To 20 Bushels of wheat at 6s, 6d per Bush. 

To 30 " " Rye at 4s per. bushel 

To Indian corn 

To a Spade & Shovel 

To a Silver Watch 

Cash 

To Bonds & notes 

To Book Debts 



To a Side Sadie 

Total, 
Praised by us: 

Edw. Stroud, 
Barnabas Colston. 

Accounts 
The Administratrix Acct. of Hannah Maulsby, administering on the 
estate of her husband Merchant Maulsby, Junior. 
Feb. ye 19th, i'}'72 

See inventory 

Estate amounts to £330 Os Id. 

Paid for letter of Administration 
Paid Daniel Youst 
Joseph Potts 
Paid Morris Maulsby 
Paid Bernard Rapp 
Paid Richard Maris 
Paid Edw. Stroud 
Paid Mary Maddox Interest 
Paid examination of Account, etc. 
Paid funeral expences 



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THE MAULSBY FAMILY 145 

1783 
Enoch Marple for 100 acres, Merchant, Jr's., estate, 40 acres; valua- 
tion, £375; tax, £4, Os, Od. 

1781 
Samuel Dean, farmer for Marchant. Jr., estate, £110; tax, £1, 6s, 3d. 
Samuel Dean, farmer, Marchant Malsby's estate, 40 acres, £1, 6s, 3d. 

1783 
Federal tax for Marchant Malsby's estate of 100 acres; tax, £2, 3s, lOd. 

1769 
Proprietary tax, Marchant Malsby, 100 acres, Ih, Ic; tax, £10, Os, Od. 

1783 
Enoch Marple, farmer for Merchant's estate, 100 acres. 
Adm. Merchant Maulsby, No. 63, 1772, H 99. 

The widow of Merchant Maulsby married David Marple. 
The will of David Marple, of Horsham, wheelwright, dated 
July 8, 1781, mentions wife Hannah ; step-children, Samuel 
and Elizabeth Maulsby, and brother-in-law, Robert Soller. 

Hannah, widow first of Merchant Maulsby, and then of 
David Marple, married a third husband, Richard Corson, and 
from this marriage there are numerous descendants. 

Merchant Maulsby, Sr., mentioned in his will his grand- 
daughter, Elizabeth Freese, who was probably the daughter 
of his son Merchant, although his son William had also left a 
daughter, called Elizabeth. 

The following record probably belongs here : 

1814, 5 mo. 12. —Were married at Plymouth Meetinghouse, Nathan 
Cook of Whitemarsh and Martha Frieze of Philadelphia. 

Hannah (Maulsby Marple) Corson and Richard Corson 
had children: Dr. Richard Corson, Hannah Corson. 
Of the Corson family, Ellwood Roberts says : 
* ' This family have strong traits derived from a long line 
of worthy ancestors, the qualities of the sturdy Huguenots 
and the conscientious Quaker being blended to a certain ex- 
tent in its members, and forming a combination that makes 
them capable of high attainment." 

IV. (46). Samuel Maulsby, son of Merchant, Jr., born 1768; 
died July 12, 1838; married Susan Thomas, who died 
August 22, 1819; daughter of Jonathan and Alice (Jar- 
rett) Thomas. 



146 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

At a session of the Orphans' court held March 31, 1785, Robert Lol- 
ler was appointed guardian to Samuel Maulsby, aged seventeen years, 
son of Merchant Maulsby, "late of Plymouth." — (Norristown Orphans' 
Court Records, Vol. I, page 21.) 

No record of the distribution of the estate of Merchant 
Maulsby has been found, but his son Samuel evidently came 
into possession of the greater part if not all of the one hun- 
dred acres purchased of Hester Potts in 1767. 

The records show him to have owned considerable land 
in Whitpain and other localities, but before his death he had 
parted with all except that lying at the corner of the Ger- 
mantown and Perkiomen road, which has been spoken of as 
the "great road," and the road to Flourtown. This in- 
cluded, besides his inheritance, the house and land at the 
corner of the said Great Road and the township line, which 
had not been included in his father's purchase. 

By deed of February 3, 1794, John Pontiles of Whitemarsh, yeoman, 
and Elizabeth his wife, sold to Samuel Maulsby, of same place, Wheel- 
wright, for £137, "a messuage and a lot of land in Whitemarsh town- 
ship, beginning at a post in the middle of the great road leading to Phila- 
delphia at a corner of John Yeater's land ; thence by the same land North 
38|°, east by 33-3/10 perches to a stone near a Spanish oak saplin ; thence 
by the said Samuel Maulsby's land North 50° ; West 50-9/10 perches to a 
stone in the road leading from North Wales to Plymouth — Meeting house, 
being also the line dividing the townships of Plymouth and Whitemarsh ; 
thence by the said township South 38-1/8° West 36 perches to the inter- 
section of the roads aforesaid, thence by said Road leading to Philadel- 
delphia South 55°, East 5-9/10 perches to the place of beginning, con- 
taining eight acres and one quarter and 25 perches. Being the same 
which Joseph Potts and his wife Mary sold Feb. 2, 1789, to John Fon- 
tiles," etc. — (Norristown Deeds, Book 9, page 180.) 

Another addition was made by the following : 

Deed, April 24, 1802. —Andrew Norny of Plymouth Township, Admr. 
to Estate of George Hitner, etc.— to Samuel Maulsby of Whitemarsh 
Township, Yeoman, etc., etc.— Whereas Mary Steer & John Otto, Exrs. 
of George Hitner, the Elder & Father of above George Hitner, de- 
ceased, by deed of March 18th, 1793, did give to first above George Hit- 
ner, a certain tract of land partly in Plymouth and partly in Whitemarsh 
(recorded in Book 7, page 511) and being so seized died intestate and at 
an Orphans Court held 11 March, 1801, Upon the petition of Hannah 
Hitner, Adminx. of George Hitner, deed., that she has agreeable to Or- 
phans Court sold the real estate of sd. George Hitner, deed. , having first 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 147 

divided the real estate into four lots: Lot No. 1 to Philip Lair ; Lot No. 
2 to James Shepherd ; Lot No. o to John Masterson, and Lot No. 4 to 
Samuel Maulsby. Whereupon sale is confirmed etc., etc. Feb. 11, 1802, 
Hannah, who had married William Shepard, was discharged by the Court 
from the administration of the above estate and the Court appointed in 
her place Andrew Norny (or Noiny), etc., etc. Now this Indenture 
witnesseth, etc., that the sd. Andrew Noiny does grant, etc., to Samuel 
Maulsby a lot of land in the Township of Whitemarsh. Beginning at a 
post, a corner of George Frees's land in the line of a Road leading to 
Jarrets Mill, thence along the middle of the same and other land of the 
said Maulsby by South 51° and 30 minutes, West 27 perches and 6/10 to 
the intersection of the line dividing the township of Plymouth and 
Whitemarsh, thence along the same and a Road leading to Gwynedd 
Meeting House, North 38° and 30'^, East 48 perches to the intersection"of 
the Road leading to Mather's mill, with said Township line thence along 
the middle of the Road as aforesaid, leading to Mather's mill & line of 
Lot No. 3, purchased by John Masterson as aforesaid. North 77°, East 
59 perches and 7/10 to a post at intersection of the line of the said George 
Frees's land, thence by the same South 38° and 15^^ West 94-3/10 perches 
to the place of beginning, containing 1Q\ acres, according to a draught 
exhibited by Nathan Potts, being Lot No. 4 as aforesaid. (Norristown 
Deeds, Book 15, page 420.) 

Isaac Williams and wife Ann, for a nominal sum, transferred to 
Joseph Williams, Jr., Samuel Maulsby, Knowles Lancaster, and David 
Wilson of Whitemarsh, Isaac Bell of Germantown, and George Martin of 
Roxbury, trustees of Plymouth Meeting, a lot of ninety perches of land 
in Whitemarsh, for the purpose of erecting a school house thereon, "for 
the Benevolent purpose of Educating Children in the School of Learn- 
ing."— (Norristown Deeds, Book 39, page 167.) 

Letters of administration on the estate of Samuel Maulsby, late of 
Whitemarsh, deceased, were granted August 20th, 1838, to Jonathan 
Maulsby of Whitemarsh and Charles Jarrett of Horsham. (Norristown 
Administrations, Book 6, page 105.) 

Deed, April 6, 1839. — Administrators of Samuel Maulsby to George 
Corson — Recites— Samuel Maulsby died intestate, leaving seven children, 
seized of three certain messuages or tenements and tract of land in 
Whitemarsh, bounded by Germantown and Perkiomen turnpike and road 
leading from the Plymouth Meeting House to the Broad Axe Tavern, by 
two other roads leading to Flourtown by lands of Samuel Thomas, John 
Shephard and others, containing one hundred and twenty-eight acres 
with appurtenances, being all the real estate of said decedent, which 
they petitioned the Orphans Court for rights to sell. The petition was 
granted, the property divided into lots and sold. (Norristown Deeds, 
Book 66, page 341.) 



148 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

After the death of Ann, sister of Benjamin Hany, who had a life 
right in his large estate, in 1822, 228 acres of it were sold to Samuel 
Maulsby, who in 1833 sold it to Thomas Smith. [This includes the pres- 
ent Van Leer farm, later the property of William M. Singerly, and the 
Frank Johnson farm, and was part of the tract owned by Rees Hany in 
1776.] 

IV. (46). Samuel Maulsby, Jr., b. 1768, d. 7 mo. 12, 1838. 
Buried in Plymouth Meeting Yard. M. Susan Thomas, b. 
12 mo. 23, 1779; d. 8 mo. 22, 1818. Children : 

155. Hannah.H 

156. Jonathan.il 

157. Alice T.l 

158. Merchant.!! 

159. Martha.1 

160. George.TI 

161. Elwood.H 

V. (155). Hannah Maulsby, b. 7 mo. 20, 1800; d. -, — ; m. 
11 mo. 20, 1823, at Plymouth Meeting, Charles Jarrett, b. 
6 mo. 5, 1792. Children ; 

603. Susan M. Jarrett, b. 8 mo. 23, 1824; d. 5 mo. 10, 1842. 

604. Rachel E. Jarrett, b. 10 mo. 8, 1826; d. 2 mo. 5, 1893; m. 11 mo. 
14, 1850, Pemberton Hallowell, of Abington, who died 12 mo. 12, 
1868. Children : Susan J. Hallowell, b. 9 mo. 13, 1852, m. 3 mo. 10, 
1881, Howard Jarrett, of Warminster, Pa. Children: Alice M. 
Jarrett, b. 10 mo. 8, 1882; Rachel E. Jarrett, b. 11 mo. 18, 1884; 
Mary A. Hallowell, b. 8 mo. 4, 1857; m. 3 mo. 13, 1884, Dr. John 
Sibbald. Children: Agnes Sibbald, b. 4 mo. 20, 1885. 

605. Martha Jarrett, b. 7 mo. 13, 1828; d. 7 mo. 17, 1829. 

606. Samuel M. Jarrett, of Fox Chase, Pa., b. 4 mo. 8, 1830; m. 5 mo. 
21, 1857, Mary Waterman, d. 3mo. 22, 1897. Children : J. Waterman 
Jarrett, b. 11 mo. 28, 1858, d. 1 mo. 21, 1861; Charles Jarrett, b. 7 
mo. 26, 1860, m. 12 mo. 8, 1886, Annie L. Mather; children, Mary 
W., b. 9 mo. 26, 1888; Samuel M., Jr., b. 4 mo, 17, 1890; Martha 
M., b. 6 mo. 12, 1892; Caroline, b. 8 mo. 3, 1894; Charles, Jr.,b. 4 
mo. 3, 1897; Isaac M., b. 10 mo. 27, 1901. Joseph W., b. 8 mo. 
25, 1862. Franklin H., b. 8 mo. 6, 1864, m. 10 mo. 18, 1899, Lillian 
H. Saunders. Merchant M., b. 3 mo. 1, 1867. Sara W., b. 5 mo. 
30, 1873; m. 11 mo. 20, 1901, Joseph M. Hilles. 

607. Letitia T. Jarrett, b. 1 mo. 13, 1832, m. Jones Yerkes, of Mores- 
town, N. J. 

608. Elwood M. Jarrett, b. 1 mo. 10, 1834; d. aged about 60 yrs.; m. 
Alice Dunn, of Chicago. No children. 

608 ■■'. Merchant M., b. 2 mo. 28, 1842; d. 8 mo. 22, 1864. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 149 

V. (156). Jonathan Maulsby, b. 10 mo. 11, 1801, d. 1 mo. 22, 
1845; m. Jane Jones, at Plymouth, 4 mo. 8, 1828; m. Rachel 
Livezey, Nov. 18, 1841, at Plymouth. Had no children. His 
will is dated March 3, 1845. He is buried at Plymouth 
Meeting. 

Jonathan Maulsby was in the business of store-keeping 
in Plymouth. For a time his brother-in-law, George Cor- 
son, was in partnership with him. 

Jane Maulsby, wife of Jonathan Maulsby, of Plym., aged 28 yrs. 1 
mo. 28 d. Died at residence of her father in Gwynedd (Evan Jones's 
daughter. —From Lewis Jones's Memorandum Book.) 

157. Alice T. Maulsby, b. 7 mo. 12, 1803; d. 7 mo. 20, 1876; 
m. Josiah Albertson; b. 7 mo. 11, 1788; d. 12 mo. 28, 1846. 

In a quaint old album of Plymouth Boarding School were found the 
following lines : 

"Whene'er you think on those away, 
Or when you bend the pious knee, 
Or when your thoughts to pleasure stray, 
Oh then, dear maid, remember me." 
— Copied by Alice Maulsby for her dear friend, P. W. [Phebe Williams], 
4th mo. 23d, 1817.— Whitemarsh. 

Children: 

609. Hannah, b. 11 mo. 12, 1829; d. 3 mo. 30, 1862. 

610. Samuel, b. 4 mo. 30, 1831; d. 4 mo. 1, 1874; m. Esther Bancroft 
(living) . 

611. William Albertson, b. 7 mo. 1, 1833 ; d. 6 mo. 14, 1890 ; m. Mary 
Wyatt Gillam; b. 8 mo. 10, 1838. Children: Alice Maulsby, b. 2 mo. 
8, 1866; m. Charles Price; Hannah Gillam, b. 8 mo. 11, 1868; m. 
Frank G. Cooper; Harvey Gillam, b. 8 mo. 11, 1868; d. 10 mo. 21, 
1890. 

612. Joseph Albertson, b. 1 mo. 1, 1835; d. 1 mo. 1, 1887. 

613. Abbie Albertson; b. 9 mo. 2, 1841; d. 3 mo. 12, 1881; m. Frank 
Ramsay. Daughter: Alice. 

V. (158). Merchant Maulsby, 3d, son of Samuel and Susan 
Maulsby, was born 11 mo. 4, 1804, and d. 4 mo. 27, 1867, 
and was buried at Fair Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. He 
was married 6 mo. 12, 1849, to Rachel Edwards. 

Merchant Maulsby, 3d, retired from business when quite 
young, because of ill health. The greater part of his life 
he was an invalid, but one devoted to the interests of his 
wife and children. Children : 



150 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

614. Susanna, b. 4 mo. 22, 1850; d. 11 mo. 13, 1852. 

615. Anna Jeanes, b. 2 mo. 20, 1854. 

616. Ida Thomas, b. 10 mo, 11, 1857. 

617. Matilda, b. 12 mo. 8, 1864. 

V. (159). Martha Maulsby, b. 3 mo. 12, 1807; d. 2 mo. 9, 
1870; m. George Corson. Children: 

618. Susan Maulsby Corson, b. 4 mo. 4, 1833; d. 4 mo. 14, 1847. 

619. Mary Corson, b. 3 mo. 23, 1836; d. 11 mo. 22, 1837. 

620. Samuel Maulsby Corson, b. 8 mo. 15, 1838; d. 8 mo. 7, 1881. 
Studied law, taught, and wrote for the daily papers. 

621. Ellwood Maulsby Corson, b. 6 mo. 15, 1842. 

622. Helen Corson, b. 9 mo. 15, 1847; m. 6 mo. 9, 1881, Thomas Ho- 
venden, who died Aug. 11, 1895. Children: Thomas, b. 3 mo. 11, 
1882, and Martha Maulsby Hovenden, b. 5 mo. 8, 1884. 

623. Dr. Marcus Heilner Corson, b. 2 mo. 10, 1849; d. 5 mo. 23, 
1872. A talented man and graduate of Pennsylvania University. 

624. Ida Corson, a graduate of Vassar College, b. 8 mo. 14, 1850; m. 
William De Caindry. 

Martha Maulsby, daughter of Samuel and Susan Maulsby, 
was born 3 mo. 20, 1807, died 2 mo. 9, 1870, and was 
buried at Plymouth ( ?) . She was married to George, son of 
Joseph and Hannah (Dickinson) Corson, who was born 1st 
mo. 24, 1803, in Plymouth, and was educated at the school of 
his brother Alan, at Plymouth Meeting. 

He purchased the Samuel Maulsby homestead and adja- 
cent property, including the John Maltesby farm. He carried 
on farming and the manufacture of lime. He died Nov. 13, 
1860, and was buried at Plymouth. He was a man of high 
moral qualities, an ardent worker in anti-slavery, tem- 
perance, and other reforms. No employee was allowed to 
strike a horse belonging to him, and no liquor* was furnished 
his men. 

* At this time, even among Friends, it was common to furnisli liquor in harvest- 
time and sometimes on other occasions, altliough the Yearly Meeting had long pro 
tested against its use. 

In 1706 advised that none accustom themselves to vain and idle com- 
pany, sipping and tippling of drams and strOQg drinli, in inns or elsewhere. For 
though such as use that evil practice may not suddenly be so far prevailed upon as 
to bedrunli to the greatest degree, yet they often inflame themselves thereby, so as 
to become like ground fitted for the greatest transgressions. And some that have 
had the example of virtuous parents have, from such beginnings in corners, arrived 
to a shameless excess, to the ruin of tliemselves and their wives and families, and 
the scandal of the holy name whereby they have been called.— (Yearly Meeting.) 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 151 

He was no faint-hearted abolitionist, in the days when to 
be an abolitionist meant persecution, even in the north. He 
built a hall and warmed and lighted it, and it was free to all 
those noble anti-slavery workers. For them George and 
Martha Corson's doors were always open wide, in generous 
hospitality. 

Later this old hall became the studio of their daughter 
Helen and her husband, Thomas Hovenden, and beneath its 
hallowed portal, now shaded by the old Plymouth Meeting 
roof, have been welcomed in later days many of their artist 
friends. 




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Here was painted the picture of " John Brown " coming 
from the Charleston jail; and for "Elaine," Bolton Jones 
and other friends of Thomas Hovenden served as models. 

In " Breaking Home Ties, " the picture that stirs every 
mother's heart, and "Bringing Home the Bride," Thomas 
Hovenden has touched a chord that vibrates in every house- 
hold. In his unfinished picture, the "Founder of a State," 
he depicts a young emigrant and his wife, with their few 
household possessions, alone on the broad prairie, while the 
emigrant train, of which they had so far formed a part, is 
almost lost sight of in the distance. Despair is on the sweet 
face of the wife, but in her young husband's face one reads 
his dreams of the future. 

As Whittier was the poet of the people, and made the 
home scenes of everyday life sweet and beautiful, so was 
Thomas Hovenden its artist. The sad story of how he gave 
his life to save that of a little child is well known. 

Near his loved ones, just over the way from where he 
lived and worked, he is resting in the shadow of Plymouth 
Meeting. 



152 IHE MAULSBY FAMILY 

V. (160). George Maulsby, b. 12 mo. 27, 1810; m. A. M. Lov- 
ett. Had no children. He was a surgeon in the U. S. Navy. 

V. (161). Elwood Maulsby, b. 6 mo. 1, 1815. Never mar- 
ried. D. 4 mo. 1, 1843. 

ni. (20). William Maulsby, son of Merchant Maulsby, Sr., 
married the granddaughter of Ann Rhodes (of Jacob), 
Hannah Coulston, at the Old Swedes' Church, Philadelphia, 
in 1756. 

In 1763 he removed his certificate from Gwynedd to 
Philadelphia. He was owner of the "Rising Sun Inn," 
on the Germantown Road,* or in Germantown,t 11 miles 
from the city. It was then a valuable property. 

The " inn " of colonial days was a different place from the tavern of 
to-day. It has been estimated that in 1760 it required 8,000 or 9,000 
wagons to transport the products of Pennsylvania into Philadelphia. 
This great concourse of teams converged into a caravan as it neared the 
city, and at the near-by inns a hundred or more teamsters and farmers 
would be entertained for the night. Oftentimes the farmers brought 
their bedding with them, sleeping on the floors or wherever a vacant spot 
could be found to spread their beds. In 1767 " The Sign of the Wagon," 
afterwards the "Red Lion," now Willow Grove, which had accommoda- 
tion for "near one hundred horse," was the best inn after leaving the 
Rising Sun on the road to Coryell's ferry. 

The stage-coach with travelers from distant and near-by cities came 
to its door for rest, refreshment, or lodging. Here were held all public 

* " Till through old Germantown we lightly trod, 
That skirts for three long miles the narrow road." 

—The Foresters. 
Alex. Wilson. 

t Alexander Wilson, the ornithologist, described a Gwynedd inn in 
1804: 

"Mile after mile passed unperceived away 
Till in the west the day began to close, 
And .Spring House Tavern furnished us repose. 
Here two long rows of market folks were seen, 
Ranged front to front, the table placed between; 
Where bags of meat, and bones, and crusts of bread, 
And hunks of bacon all around were spread. 
One pint of beer from lip to lip went round, 
And scarce a bone the hungry house dog found; 
Torrents of Dutch from every quarter came, 
Pigs, calves, and sour-kraut the important theme; 
While we on future plans revolving deep. 
Discharged our bill, and straight returned to sleep." 

Alex. Wilson's "The Foresters." 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 153 

meetings, the courts, lectures, weddings, and balls ; for not until 1837 did 
Philadelphia have a hall large enough to accommodate a large number of 
people. As late as 1845 the "Red Lion" and "Black Horse" and other 
inns near the city are said to have had an average of one hundred guests 
daily. An innkeeper under these circumstances must have been a busy 
man and one of considerable ability as well. 

After the battle of Germantown, on his return march, 
Howe burned the "Rising Sun Inn " and all the houses be- 
tween it and the city. It was probably rebuilt, for in 1780 
Hannah Malsbey's valuation (of Philadelphia, widow) is 
given as £3,250, and is taxed at £56 17s. 6d. 

She probably remarried, for no other record of her is 
found, but in 1810 George Streeper advertises the "Rising 
Sun Inn ' ' for sale. 

There is a record of a stormy political meeting that met 
here in 1803, when the dissatisfied Democrats of Philadelphia 
accused Dr. Michael Leib of being dictator of Philadelphia 
County. He seems to have had a sufficient number of friends 
present to throw the chairman from his seat and break up 
the meeting ! 

The following records are from those of Philadelphia 
Friends : 

The deaths from the Philadelphia Meeting records are : 

WiUiam Maulsby (the father), died 11 mo. 7, 1775. 

Merchant, son of Wm., 10 mo. 21, 1770, aged 2 years. 

Merchant, son of Wm., 1 mo. 5, 1775, aged 2 weeks. 

Ann Maulsby, daughter of Wm., 9 mo. 25, 1772, aged 10 years. [?] 

Ann Maulsby, daughter of Wm., 9 mo. 10, 1779, aged 11 years. [?] 

1763, Wm. Maulsby and wife offered a certificate from Gwynedd 
dated 10 mo. 25, 1763. 

1780, 10 mo. 5, certificate issued for Wm., son of Wm. (who had 
died), who has gone to reside with his grandfather in limits of Gwynedd. 

In 1740, at Plymouth Meeting, William Maulsby, a minor, is admitted 
to the care and supervision of Friends, and a few years later (prob. 
1756), the same William is censured for being married by a minister. 
This is probably the son of Merchant Maulsby, Sr. 

At the Old Swedes' Church, Philadelphia, March 16, 1756, William 
Maulsby and Hannah Coulston were married. 

In the will of Barnabas Coulston,* of Plymouth, proved June 26, 1778, 

he mentions his daughter Hannah Maulsby. 

* Some of the Coulstons removed with the family of William Maulsby to Lim- 
erick and flnally to West Virginia. 



154 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

William Maulsby married a cousin and was married by a minister, 
and so was perhaps disowned. But he was afterward reinstated, for his 
certificate is received in Philadelphia in 1763. 

William Maulsby died 1775. 

The will of William Maulsby, innkeeper (The Rising Sun Inn), of 
Philadelphia, is dated 1775. He wills £20 to his wife Hannah. To his 
childi'en he leaves — to Barnaby £15 and to William £10, when they be- 
come 21 years of age, and to his daughter, Elizabeth, £5 at 18 years. 

A tract of land on Jacker's Creek, in York Township, Cumberland* 
county, of 145 acres, he wills to his wife, if not married ; if married it 
goes to his brother Morrice. [This name is the surname Morris, but its 
owner at times took the liberty of spelling it differently.] His wife Han- 
nah and Morrice are appointed his executors. 

In 1779, Hannah Malsby, of Philadelphia, widow, is taxed £2 5s Od. 

For the effective supply tax, 1779, £9. 

In 1780, her valuation is given as £3,250 and tax £56 17s 6d. 

(Penna. Archives, 3d Series, Vol. XV, XIV). 

Also in Whitemarsh assessment for 1780, Hannah Maulsby, widow, 
has 100 acres and 1 cow (probably widow of Merchant Maulsby, Jr.). 
IV. Children of Willimn and Hannah Coulston Maulsby 

48. William. 

49. Barnabas. 

50. Elizabeth. 

IV. (48). William, son of William and Hannah Maulsby. 

In 1780, in Philadelphia, a certificate is issued for Wil- 
liam Maulsby, son of William (not living), who has gone 
to reside with his grandfather within the limits of 
Gwynedd mo. mtg.— no doubt to his grandfather. Mer- 
chant Maulsby, Sr. His mother had probably remarried. 

IV. (49) . Barnabas, named for his grandfather Coulston. 
Barnabas settled in Jamaica, from which place John H. 
Maulsby, his son, and family and colored servants, visited 
Plymouth Meeting, 1831, and also some years later. His 
first trip was for the purpose of administering on the es- 
tate of his father in this country. 
No. 13703.— Barnabas Maulsby, Whitpain, Oct. 18, 1831, Book B 3, 

page 538, Montgomery County Records : — John Maulsby, of the Island 

of Jamaica, and heir at law of Barnabas Maulsby and Jonathan Maulsby, 

* Philadelphia, Bucks, and Chester were original counties, established In 1683. 
Lancaster was taken from Chester in 1729. Cumberland and York Counties were 
taken from Lancaster County in 1749; Northampton taken from Bucks County in 
1752. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 155 

of Whitemarsh, and Isaac Dickinson, of Plymouth, are bound for the sum 
of $1000, lawful money of thelJ. S., Oct. 1831. John Maulsby, administra- 
trator of Barnabas Maulsby, of Jamaica. 

(Signed) John H. Maulsby. 

Jonathan Maulsby. 
Between the years 1744-58 Abraham Williams* is given a certificate 
from Gwynedd M. M. to visit the West Indies. The family of John H. 
Maulsby was most likely living there at that time. 

50. Elizabeth Maulsby, of whom we know nothing further. 

Four other children had been buried in the Friends' 

Burying Ground in Philadelphia. 
III. (21). Mary Stern, of whom we know nothing. She 

had one daughter, 

51. Isabel (Edah) Nunnamacher. 

Near Newberry Meeting House, York Co. , is living at 
present Samuel Nunnamacher, who, I am told, is a Friend and 
probably the descendant of Isabel Stern, but I have not been 
able to reach him. 

III. (22). Sarah Maulsby, daughter of Merchant and Eliza- 
beth Parker Maulsby, b. , in Whitemarsh township, 

Montgomery Co., Pa.; m. 8 mo. 15, 1780, Samuel Dean. 

A certificate for Samuel Dean was received from Antrim,! Ireland, 
11 mo. 4, 1742/3, at Wrightstown Meeting, Bucks Co., Pa. His estate 
was settled Nov. 27, 1807. He died in Pennsylvania. 

Sally Dean, after the death of her husband, moved into 
Maryland and settled at Moore's Mill, Harford County, near 
Belair, and there Sally died and is buried at Friends' Meeting 
House at Fallston. 

The following is a copy of their marriage certificate, now 
yellowed by age, but still perfect and distinct : 

These are to Certify that Samuel Dean and Sally Maulsby, both 
of Whitemarsh township in the County of Philadelphia, were lawfully 
joined in Holy Matrimony on the fifteenth Day of August in the Year of 
our Lord, One thousand Seven hundred and eighty. As Witness my Hand 
and Seal. 

Given at Germantown this 15th Day of August, 1780. Evidences 
[seal] Frederick Smith, 

Minister of the Gospel at Germantown ch. 

•Abraham Williams was the son of Joseph and Sarah William, a grandson of 
Mary Roades Maulsby William. 

tAnumber of the Dean family received certiflcates from Antrim and removed 
to Pennsylvania. 



156 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

IV. Children of Sarah and Samuel Dean 

52. William Dean, who died unmarried. 

53. Nathan Dean. H 

IV. (53). Nathan Dean, b. 12 mo. 15, 1783; d. Nov. 15, 1872; 

m. Ann Jervis, b. , 1786; d. Nov. 29, 1873. Nathan 

Dean, after his father's death, moved with his mother to 

Maryland, and settled first at Moore's Mill, near Belair, 

Harford County. He afterwards bought the estate called 

"Beal's Camp," one hundred and sixty-five acres, near 

Belair, and there both died and were buried in the grounds 

of the Friendship Methodist Church, near Fallston. 

Nathan married a neighbor's daughter, Ann Jervis, and 

with her joined the Methodist Church. Nathan was a great 

big man, his wife a very little woman, one of the sweetest 

and neatest of the old-time Methodists, and wore their plain 

dress and bonnet. They moved on the farm Mt. Pleasant, 

near Belair, where until recently has lived their youngest 

son, Morris Maulsby Dean. 

Cousin Nathan's house is described as an old-time para- 
dise: a low, rambling house wherein neatness and order 
reigned, and the busy hands of many daughters spun and 
wove. In their looms were made the carpet, the cloth, the 
linsey woolsey, and the linen of the household. In the door- 
yard bloomed all the old-fashioned flowers in the greatest 
profusion, tended and cherished by careful hands. 

Of the five daughters, but one went forth from the 
sweet seclusion of this old-time home and married. 

The father died in his 90th year. He was a miller by 
trade, but brought on rheumatism working at his race and 
overshot wheel in wintry weather, and, owing to his health, 
decided to begin farming. 

He made his own barrels [the women of the family spun 
their tow into bags] , splitting out the timber by hand with 
" frows," shaping the staves with a cooper's adz, of which 
he had long and short ones, and with another tool he cut the 
"crows " in the staves for the barrel heads. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMILY 157 

The children of Nathan and Ann Dean were : 

162. Sarah Dean, b. 2 mo. 18, 1807; d. 1 mo. 19, 1875. Never mar- 
ried. 

163. Mary Ann Dean, b. 11 mo. 30, 1809 ; d. 6 mo. 20, 1893. Never 
married. 

164. William Dean, b. 8 mo. 15, 1812 ; d. in Bait, about July, 1840. 
Never married. 

165. John J. Dean, b. 1 mo. 29, 1815 ; d. 11 mo. 2, 1893 ; m. Kath- 
arine Emmert. They had no children. 

166. Eliza Jane Dean, b. 3 mo. 21, 1817; d. 8 mo. 19, 1896. Never 
married. 

167. Eleanor Benderman Dean, b. 3 mo. 19, 1819; d. Jan. 6, 1907. 
Never married; buried at Mt. Zion.Tf 

168. Harriet Dean, b. 4 mo. 8, 1821 ; d. 5 mo. 6, 1877 ; m. John En- 
lows, d. 6 mo. 24, 1873, aged 76. They had no children. 

169. James Dean, b. 4 mo. 4, 1823 ; d. 1 mo. 18, 1902 ; m. Annie Gor- 
such. No children. 

170. Nathan Dean, b. 7 mo. 18, 1824 ; d. 10 mo. 1906 ; m. Rachel 
Robinson. H 

171. Morris Maulsby Dean, b. 8 mo. 25, 1827.11 

V. (170) . Nathan Dean was a carpenter by trade; he married 
when 26 years of age. He always lived in Belair, where he 
had a furniture store, and later took up the undertaking 
business in connection with it. 

He was drafted during the War of the Rebellion and 
paid a substitute. 

Nathan Dean died 10 mo., 1906. 

VI. Children of Nathan and Rachel Dean 

626. William Dean, m. Susan Harw^ood and had children, Bessie, Nel- 
lie, and Harry. 

627. J. Edgar Dean, m. Elizabeth Hanson; children. Hazel and Hanson. 

628. Howard Dean, m. Annie Pentz; children, Eloine and Geneva. 

629. Morris Maulsby Dean, m. Miss Godwin; child, Hollis Swift. 

630. Mary Ann Dean. 

V. (171). Morris Maulsby Dean, born 8 mo. 25, 1827, 
was named by Betsy Brown for her father. He was 
the youngest of ten children, and the one to remain 
at home and care for the aged parents and four sisters. 
He joined the Methodist Church in his youth, and always 
remained a zealous member. 



158 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

In politics he was first an "Old-time Whig,'* then be- 
longed to the " Know Nothings, " and later to the Repub- 
lican party when it was organized in 1856. 

The family never kept slaves : the farm work was done 
entirely by free labor, corn, wheat, and flax being its 
chief products. 

The flax was broke, swingled, and made into thread. 
The tow was spun into coarse linen for the men's panta- 
loons; the finer was made into clothing for the family, and 
shirts, tablecloths, napkins, and other household articles. 

The sheep-shearing was done in May, the wool washed 
and the rough picked out. It was then sent to a 
"fulHng mifl " and made into rolls [as thick as a finger 
and about two feet long] . These were then finely spun at 
home into thread and made into blankets, or it was colored 
at the factory and spun and knit into socks and mittens. 
This was farming about 1830-40 in Harford County, Md. 

During the War of the Rebellion Morris M. Dean was 
drafted, but exempted because of being subject to quinsy. 

In 1876 Morris M. Dean was married to Mary Ellen 
May, daughter of James A. May, of Baltimore, by the 
Rev. J. McLauren. Their home was noted for its splendid 
hospitality. Mary Ellen Dean died March 6, 1907. Mor- 
Maulsby Dean is living in Baltimore (1908). 

VI. The Children of Morris Maulsby and Mary Ellen Dean 

631. Nathan Dean, b. 3 mo. 17, 1878 ; m. Minnie Routson; and have 
two children: Lucille Maulsby Dean and James Nathan. 

632. John Jervis Dean, b. 8 mo. 7, 1880 ; d. 6 mo. 9, 1902. 

633. Mary E. Dean, b. 12 mo. 29, 1882. 

V. (167). Ellen Benderman Dean died Jan. 6, 1907, and 
was buried at Mt. Zion, two miles from Belair, Harford 
County, Md. , near which she had spent her life. 

The name Benderman was given her by Ehzabeth 
(Betsy) Brown. It was one that was borne by the older 
Malsbys, of Pennsylvania, possibly that of one of the two 
sisters of William, Merchant and David Malsby, of whom 
we have lost trace. 



VI 

II. DAVID AND MARY LAUGHARNE MALSBY 

II. (7). David Malsby, the youngest son of William and 
Mary Rhodes Maltby, was born in Philadelphia the 20th 
of 1st mo. (March, 0. S.), l||t, several months after his 
father's death. 

He was quite small when his mother married David Wil- 
liam and went to Spring Mill to live. What a paradise it 
must have been— 

In that delightful land which is washed by the Delaware's waters, 

the river, the ferry, the meadow, spring, and the mill, — all 
were full of interest to childish eyes, and doubtless a happy 
childhood was spent in their pleasant home beside the Schuyl- 
kill. 

There was plenty of work, too, for the older children, 
with their step-brothers, Rees and Isaac, and step-sisters, 
Esther, Phebe, and Jenis ; but for David and the younger 
brother, Joseph, there was yet time for play. They watched 
the farmers come with loads of grain to mill, to pay their 
"quit rent " to William Penn, or to take it on to the city mar- 
kets to sell, They watched the people come to the ferry, down 
the road from Plymouth to the Schuylkill, and then over the 
hills beyond to Merion and Radnor. Such fishing and swim- 
ming, and in winter skating and sledding, only a country 
boy is privileged to make his own. 

Then there were yet bear, and deer, and wild turkeys, 
and wild pigeons, in the regions round about, and "bear 
stories" need not be "make beheve" in their childish 
days! 

(159) 



160 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

And there were friendly Indians,* too. The great chief 
Tammany dwelt near them. They were not, however, without 
neighbors and friends. Their uncle, John Rhoads (and little 
"Sammie," who was to be Philadelphia's mayor), and Aunt 
Dawes, with plenty of childish cousins, lived near them in 
Whitemarsh Township, and on ' 'Meeting days " they formed 
a goodly meeting of their own ! 

No doubt the old beams and rafters at Spring Mill bear 
yet the marks of their first jack-knives, made during a rainy 
day in-doors, when they climbed to the loft under the old hip 
roof, to while the hours away. 

David Malsby was yet a child when his mother died, and 
but fourteen when this great affliction was followed by the 
death of his step-father, David William, and the home at 
Spring Mill was sold. 

Rees William came into possession of 250 acres of the 
original tract. Isaac was left a farm and Joseph 100 adjoin- 
ing acres of land, to be his when he became eighteen years 
of age. 

Possibly David Malsby's home after this time was with 
a married sister, as we find him next in Goshen as a "single 
man" amongst the Goshen taxables in 1724 and 1725. (All 
over eighteen years of age were taxed at this time. ) It may 

* And we can imagine tlie Maltby boys, wide-eyed witli interest, standing on 
the outsltirts of tlie circle of Indian chieftains gathered in Council : 

" Y^ 19th of May 1712 at y house of Edward ffarmer " in Whitemarsh,when Gov- 
ernor Goodwin and the members of the Council met* the Delawai'e chiefs, then on 
their way to carry tribute to the Iroquois, and their orator, Gollitchy, exhibited his 
thirty-two belts of wampum witli such explanations of their meanings as these and 
telling by whom each one was sent: 

The 10th belt of wampum is sent by a woman who " desires peace & ease from 
y<^ rising of the sun until his going down." And another 

" Wishes that they may make Racoon & other Blankets to cloathe them and 
Sett Down iu them in Peace." 

After the meaning of each one of them had been explained they presented a 
bundle of " drest deer skins " for the Proprietor, and then their calumet (A long 
Indian pipe, witli stone head, a wooden shaft, and feathers "flxttoitlike wings")i 
with tobacco was presented, that the Governor and members of the Council each 
" smoak " a few blasts of it.— Colonial Records. 

The ffarmer place adjoined the William property on the Schuylkill. As early 
as 1685 the Indians of Whitemarsh complained to the Governor's Council that the 
servants of ffarmer sold them liquor and made them drunk. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMILY 161 

have been that he was there learning a trade, as the follow- 
ing year he buys the Moreland Manor* farm and describes 
himself as David Malsby, smith, in the deed. 

The deed is copied in the handwriting common at this 
period— a sort of German text or old English, and is very dif- 
ficult for the amateur to decipher ; hence it is not given in 
full: 

This Indenture made the 29th day of December, 1726, between 
Thomas Parry, of Moreland, in the County of Philadelphia and the Prov- 
ince of Pennsylvania, yeoman, and Jane, his wife, on the one part and 
David Maltsby, of Goshen, in the County of Chester, in the said province, 
Smith, of the other part. 

Whereas in and by a certain Indenture bearing date of the 6th day 
of May of the last part made between the said Thomas Parry of the one 
part and Samuel Carpenter, Jeremiah Langhorn, J. William Kirshbourn 
and Nathaniel Newlin, by law appointed trustees of the General Loan 
Office of the Province of Pennsylvania of the other part, the said Thomas 
Parry for the consideration therein mentioned did grant, ordain and sell 
unto the said trustees their survivors and assigns. — All that tract or 
parcel of land situated in Moorland aforesaid beginning at a corner in the 

line of Elias Booth's land northv/estby the said two hundred and fifty 

perches, to a corner of William Allon's land, then south west (?) 2 hun- 
dred perches by the said Allen's land to a corner south east 240 

perches to a corner north east 200 perches to place of beginning. 

Conveying by computation three hundred acres and bounding on the 
two last mentioned corners on a great tract of land called Moorland, to- 
gether with the plantations, etc. 

For the three hundred acres he paid £165, and it is subject to a mort- 
gage of £99 15s, with interest. David to pay the yearly quit rent here- 
after. -Book F3, page 457, Phila. Deeds. 

David Malsby was now 26 years of age, and one would 
expect that he intended to bring a wife to this new home in 
Moreland, but if he married at this time neither history nor 
tradition aids us to determine the fact. Records were badly 
kept or not at all in the early churches in colonial days, and 
so far no record of an earlier, or of the later, marriage has 
been found. 

* Moreland Manor waf5 granted by William Penn in 1682 to Nicholas Moore, a 
London physician. It contained 9815 acres of land. The boundaries of the present 
township of that name do not conform entirely to the original tract. 



162 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

It is supposed that in 1744 or 1745 he was married to 
Mary Laugharne, about whose name cHng many family 
legends. 

Tradition says that it was in Philadelphia market that 
he first saw her ; that she had come with her cousins, with 
whom she was staying, and had dreamed the night before of 
this same market and a young man who was to be her hus- 
band. In passing through the market she saw David Malsby, 
and exclaimed to her comrades: "There is the man of whom 
I dreamed last night ! " David must have had a similar pre- 
sentiment—at least he followed the girls home and soon 
found a way to obtain an introduction, and in a very short 
time he and Mary Laugharne were married. 

It has been gathered from several branches of the fam- 
ily that they were married in the Old Swedes' Church, Phila- 
delphia, but, if so, no record of the marriage is there. This 
is by no means impossible, for neither is the marriage of 
Merchant Maulsby recorded, yet the marriage certificate has 
been found in the family, and is undoubtedly authentic. 

The children of David and tiary Lav^-jharne Malsby as far as known 
are : 

23. Mary, b. in Moreland Manor, Penna., 9 mo. 25, 1746, who married 
James Hicks. 

26. Tamar, b. , in Moreland Manor, married James Parr. 

24. David, b. in Moreland Manor, 6 mo. 14, 1750 ; married Sarah 
Rees. 

25. John Laugharne, b. in Moreland Manor, 9 mo. 17, 1753 ; married 
Mary Starr. 

27. Wheeler, b. ; never married. 

28. Frances, b. 12 mo. 19, 1761, in Baltimore Co., Md. ; married Sam- 
uel McConnell. 

29. Angelina, b. 1764, in Baltimore Co., Md. ; married James Orr. 
1729. David Malsby was present at the marriage of Joseph and 

Sarah William. 

1732. Merchant and David Malsby were witnesses to the marriage of 
William Maulsby and Rose Rees. 

24th of 7 mo., 1733. David Malsby is witness to the marriage of Ab- 
raham Roads, son of Jacob Roads, of Darby, Chester Co., and Ellen 
Rees, daughter of John Reese, of Whitpain. (Ellen is the sister of Wil- 
liam Malsby 's wife Rose.) — Gwynedd Mo. Mtg. Marriages, 1713-81. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 163 

1748/9. David Malsby and Mary, his wife, signed as witnesses the 
will of John Lidyard, of Moreland. Here the hand-writing of Mary 
Laugharne is very delicate— it is the earliest of her signatures known to 
have been preserved and is noticeable for a peculiar "M, " the first part 
of which resembles the letter T. 

Owing to a series of accidents and fires, all family papers 
with one exception have disappeared. 

We can perhaps best picture the home of David and 
Mary Malsby by glancing through the inventory of the 
property of John and Charity Lidyard, their friends and 
neighbors : 

Inventory of the property of John Lidyard, of Moreland, 

County, April 5, 1748-9. 

Item Purse and Apparel To 

Silver watch " 

Cash note on Thomas Dunning " 

Best Bed Bedstead & furniture " 

Another " 

<< << << << <( 

A large pine Chest " 

Another «' " " 

Poplar " " 

Walnut Box and Sundrys in it " 

6 Baygs " 

2 open hogsheads & sundry other casks " 

Drawing knife & 2 sickles " 

Oak table and Box " 

A Sheepshear & Hackle " 

A Brass pan " 

A Saddle & some leather " 

A Scyth & snedd 

Broad ax & Hay knife " 

Old iron 

A tonges & shovel " 

A frying pan " 

Iron Kettle & Potrack " 

A Iron Pot & Skillet 

earthen ware " 



relanc 


, Philadelphia 


£22 


00s 


lid 


5 


08 


00 


5 


08 




7 


00 


00 


1 


10 


00 


1 


04 


00 




4 


00 




5 


00 




1 


00 




4 


00 




6 


00 




3 


06 




1 






2 


00 




1 


00 


1 


2 


00 




5 


00 




5 






4 


00 




06 


00 




04 






3 






10 






05 


00 





7 


00 



164 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 



" a Pewter Dish & plates ' 


1 


6 


00 


" Knives & forks ' 




6 


00 


" a Tub Bukets Bukets and Leadles ' 




5 


00 


" a Looking glass * 




3 


6 


" a Settel, 4 chairs & a Dough trough ' 




15 


4 


" Sundry Casks & a Churn ' 




12 


00 


" a Quantity of Bacon ' 


1 


6 


8 


*' A Side Saddle 


2 


10 


00 


" a Spining wheel ' 




6 


00 


" a Stilyards old Hanger & Horswhip ' 




2 


00 


" 5 Swine 5/ each ' 


1 


5 


00 


" 1 half of Corn in ground @ 14/ per acre ' 


7 






" a Slay 


1 


5 




" 17 sheep 7/ each ' 


5 


19 




12 lambs 3/6 " 


2 


2 




" a black pacing Colt 


5 






" a gray mare Colt ' 


1 


15 




" a redish cow ' 


3 


5 




" a small redish cow ' 


2 


5 




" a black cow and calf ' 


3 


5 




" a black heifer * 


1 


12 


06 


" 31 bushels of wheat @ 4/ per bu. ' 


6 


4 


00 


" Two hives of bees ' 




16 




" Thos. Dunning who gave the Cash 








note was gone out of the Province 








before the decease of Lidyard 









Total £96 16s 02d 

In his will John Lidyard states that he has let his plantation for 7 
years to John Woolman and directs that this lease shall hold good for 
that time and that his wife, Charity, shall have certain rights, etc., re- 
served for her use during this time, etc. 

It had long seemed impossible to find any trace of the 
personal belongings of Mary Laugharne Malsby. Her signa- 
ture to the will of John Lidyard, preserved in the office of 
the recorder of wills, Philadelphia, was the first thing found 
that really came from her own hand. Since then various 
deeds of property have been discovered bearing her signa- 
ture. Those in the hands of William T. Morgan, of Willow 
Grove, and of John Lloyd,* of Hatboro, Pa., bear her signa- 

■■ TVie Lloyd Farnili/, of Mo7-eln7id.— The Lloyd family, probably the traditional 
persons with whom Mary Laugharne took refuge on her arrival in America. They 
were probably relations of hers, and were from Wales, most likely from Haverford- 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 165 

ture, and a also her personal seal, which contains a crest.* 
The crest on the seal used by David and Mary Laugharne 
Malsby was : 




A Demi-Lion out of a Ducal Crown 

" A demi lion out of a ducal crown." 

It differs from the crest given by Fairbairn's to the Llewellyn, 
Lloyd, and kindred families by having the lion's tail curled at the top. 

No doubt this seal was brought by Mary Laugharne with her to 
America. 

Laugharne motto : "Gwyr yw r rain." [This is the truth.] 

We, the descendants of Mary Laugharne Malsby, must 
not stoop to criticise her. Unquestionably, though, her per- 
sonal charms and early education unfitted her to become the 
wife of a plain Quaker farmer, who for some twenty years 
had lived quietly in his beautiful Moreland home, and in 
whose untutored eyes his broad three hundred acres seemed 
a not unworthy estate to bestow upon a " Welsh Princess." 

west. John Lloyd bought part of the farm of David and Mary Malsby the year they 
moved into Maryland, and his beautiful old homestead may have been theirs, re- 
paired and rebuilt after the fire. It is still owned by a John Lloyd. 

The following signatures from a marriage certificate are given to preserve the 
Lloyd names of that generation: Jolin Wood, son of Thomas Wood, lateol the Manor 
of Mtireland, in the county of Philadelphia, province of Pennsylvania, was married 
to Elizabeth Kinnard, at Horsham, 2 mo. 7, 1771. Signers— Benjamin Lloyd, Thomas 
Lloyd, John Lloyd, Sarah Lloyd, Sarah Lloyd, Martha Lloyd, Mary Ijloyd. 

At the marriage of John], son of Thomas and Ann, of the Manor of Moreland, 
4 mo. 1st, 1780, signers are— Sarah Lloyd, Elizabeth Lloyd, Martha Lloyd, Thomas 
Lloyd, Mary Lloyd. 

The friendship between the families was probably kept up, as at Gunpowder 
Monthly Meeting, 5, 30, 1778, Friend John Lloyd attends from Gwynedd M. Meeting, 
no doubt likewise visiting the Malsby family while in Maryland. 

*This is true of the Lloyd deed, and supposedly so of the other, but 1 have not 
been able to verify it in the Wm. T. Morgan deed. 



166 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

For the frugal living taught the colonists, it had indeed 
been ample, but this training had not been Mary Laug- 
harne's. To her a different life seemed a necessity, and she 
at once plunged into all the gaieties that were within her 
reach, both in their country neighborhood and in Philadel- 
phia, but sixteen miles distant, where she became a favorite 
in the Colonial society of her day. 

Governor Keith had built a mansion not far off, in Hors- 
ham, about 1717, and this was for years the home of his 
widow and daughter, who married Dr. Graeme. Keith finally 
sold to Graeme, about 1726, and Graeme Park was their 
summer residence until the time of his death in 1772. 

Their house was usually crowded with guests, and most 
of the noted men of the day came here. Hunting parties 
were frequently given, and in the chase their neighbor, Mary 
Laugharne Malsby, excelled. She, too, entertained lavishly; 
indeed, beyond her means; and very soon this new mode of 
living into which our grandfather David was drawn involved 
him in debt beyond his power to cancel. Mortgage after 
mortgage was given on the farm, sometimes redeemed and 
sometimes paid by another mortgage, and finally farm after 
farm was permanently deeded away. 

At last, one night, when they were absent at a party, possi- 
bly at Graeme Park, the house was burned, and, with no means 
to rebuild, the farm was again mortgaged, and David and Mary 
Malsby removed to Baltimore County, Md., buying 200 acres 
of land near Forks Meeting House, * now near Baldwin Station 
on the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, at present divided 
and owned by the Allender family. Here the same story was 
repeated, and five years later (1765) this farm was sold and 
the mortgage paid on the Moreland Manor property. 

In the deeds given at this time there is no mention of 
seventeen or eighteen acres of land known as ' ' His Lord- 
ship's Reserve," and "situated on south side of Little Falls of 
the Gunpowder River" it seems probable that this continued 
to be their home. 

» In St. John's Parish, two miles from Forli on Joppa road. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 167 

But there are reasons for thinking that David and Mary 
Malsby returned to Moreland or Philadelphia, to spend their 
later days. Surely otherwise their names would have ap- 
peared on the marriage certificates of their children and 
grandchildren. Their " consent " is given, and in the case of 
the marriage of their son John is ''sent in writing ; " but 
they are not present. This might be accounted for by ill 
health, but during so many years it seems more probable that 
they lived at some distance, and this, with the Revolution, 
might serve as an effectual barrier, for some years, between 
them and their children in Maryland. 

Tradition says, however, that they bought the farm 
called "Mountain," situated at a postoffice of that name in 
Harford County, and that here their remaining days were 
spent. But we have found nothing to verify this tradition. 

Tradition says further that David died first, and Mary in 
1792, and that both were laid to rest in the Friends' burial 
ground at Fallston Meeting. 

Also that during the parents' lifetime there was always a 
mortgage with which the sons must struggle, or their loved 
parents would be homeless. 

Possibly Mary Laugharne had lived differently had she 
not known that her children had only to ask ( ?) and that 
wonderful Welsh fortune, of which she would have none, 
would he theirs. 

To the grandchildren their "Grandmother Mary" was 
indeed a princess, and her flaming red hat and high-heeled 
red slippers served to set her apart as a different and awe- 
inspiring creature. Surely her dress was different indeed 
from the dress demure in cut and color worn by their Quaker 
grandmothers. 

When "Grandmother Mary," however, condescended to 
treat the assembled little ones to some of her delicious Welsh 
candy, and tell how she had learned to make it at home in 
Wales and sold it at the "fairs " and "festivals " for church 
charities, then indeed were their childish hearts irrevocably 
captured, and "Grandmother Mary's" fame for another 



168 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

generation was sure of perpetuation ! Her beautiful em- 
broidery is also a family tradition, but no samples of it survive. 

We have no record to show that Mary Malsby ever be- 
came a Friend, but family tradition again comes to our aid 
and tells of various times when she suffered rebuke for her 
red hat and gay apparel, but that finally, when listening to a 
sermon by Elias Hicks, she became convinced of Friends' 
principles, and a member of meeting. If this is a correct 
story, it was probably during his first visit to Yearly Meeting 
in Philadelphia, in 1779, that Mary Laugharne heard Elias 
Hicks. 

Elizabeth Drinker has recorded in her diary: 

Eliz. Drinker's Journal 

1779. Sep. 25. — Sarah Carey and Rachel Watson from Bucks Co., 
Sammy Trimble from Concord, John Willis, James Mott, and Elias Hicks 
from Long Island, came this morning to take up their abode during y'^ 
meeting. 

Sep. 29 Elias Hicks very poorly. 12 dined with us. 

A large number came to visit y'^' Long Island Friends. (A great many 
people ill of y* fever.) 

Oct. 1. Went to meeting this morng; 6 or 8 at dinner; many more 
at breakfast— Elias Hicks taken very ill today. Dr. Cooper tends him ; in 
Bed all the better part of the day. 

Oct. 2. Elias Hicks still very poorly. 

Oct. 3. First day. E. Hicks very ill vi^ith a vomit this afternoon. 

Oct. 4. Elias Hicks who appears something better left us this after- 
noon with an intent to go a few miles on his way. 

Elias Hicks in his Journal tells of being one of a committee sent by 
New York Y. M. to consult with Philadelphia Friends. That the British 
troops then in the city had at first taken forcible possession of their Meeting- 
house and then, finally, had rented from them their cellar, in which to 
store supplies, but that the Friends of New York, not being easy to accept 
money from them and not being able to agree amongst themselves in re- 
gard to it, decided to lay the whole matter before the Philadelphia Y. M, 
and accept their decision in the matter. Elias Hicks was one of those 
appointed to make the long trip to Philadelphia on horseback and lay the 
matter before them ; this was done, and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting de- 
cided that Friends could not consistently accept money from the British 
army. 

True, the name of Mary Malsby appears about this time 
in the records of Fallston Meeting, but it seems more likely 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 



169 



that it is the name of the wife of John Laugharne Malsby. 
When occurring together the two names are written, " Mary 
Hicks and Mary Malsby. ' ' Had it been mother and daughter, 
it seems Hkely that the mother's name would have preceded 
that of her daughter. 

1781. David and Mary Laugharne Malsby give their consent to the 
marriage of their son John Laugharne Malsby, in writing. 

Angelina Malsby was married to James Orr, 5th d. of 3d mo., 1789, 
and the consent of her parents was given. (Both seem to have been liv- 
ing at this time.) 

No miniature of Mary Laugharne has been found. D. 
Preston Parr, Jr., tells how a silhouette of Mary Laugharne 
was amongst his childish treasures, but that it finally disap- 
peared. 

Her great-grandchild, Beulah Harris, was said to resem- 
ble her greatly. 

In the family of David Monroe is an old work-table that 
is said to have belonged to Mary Laugharne. Possibly this 
is correct, for it bears very evident marks of age, and surely 
belonged to her daughter, 
Tamar Parr. It is low 
and somewhat heavily 
built, with two drawers 
and a drop leaf. For- 
merly it had brass trim- 
mings, but these have 
disappeared. Unf o r t u - 
nately it has been painted, 
but is probably made of 
mahogany. The outer 
corners of the front legs 
have a very narrow bead- 
ing running the entire 
length. Their inner sides 
below the drawers are 
beveled, giving a touch 
of grace. The bolt of 
lock of the upper drawer is composed of three separate 




170 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

squares. It formerly had the brass card-table hinges; the 
pine wood of which the drawers are made has the cork-like 
appearance that age gives. A dealer in antique furniture es- 
timates its age at one hundred and fifty years. This is the 
only article remaining in the family that tradition says be- 
longed to Mary Laugharne. 

The records in the court house at Belair, Harford Co., were atone 
time partly destroyed by fire, and this may account for no record or will 
or later deeds of David Malsby being preserved. 

No effort has been spared to locate such records, should they be in 
existence, and the county records of Baltimore City, Baltimore, Harford 
and Cecil counties in Maryland, and those of Philadelphia, Montgomery, 
Bucks, Chester, Lancaster and York counties in Pennsylvania, have 
been examined. 

One would conclude that possibly they no longer pos- 
sessed any property at the time of their death, did one not 
know that the year of their mother's death (1792), David 
Malsby, Jr., buys a farm of 100 acres, for which he pays in 
specie £120, and that a few years later the son, Wheeler, also 
buys land in Harford. While by no means conclusive evi- 
dence, it seems likely that this money came to them at this 
time, and that before her death they had not been able to buy 
homes of their own. Very likely the son, Wheeler, who 
never married, remained home and cared for the aged parents 
during their lifetime. 

The records of the day show that the obligations of our 
Grandfather David were all honorably met and paid, at what- 
ever cost to himself. Possibly his name is not found in the 
later Friends' records. It seems likely that he was disowned 
for marriage to Mary Laugharne, and never again became a 
member, but of this we are not sure, for the name David 
Malsby is of frequent occurrence in the records of the day. 

He, having drifted away from the Plymouth neighbor- 
hood, may never have been ' ' dealt with ' ' for his marriage. 
All the children, however, became Friends, with the excep- 
tion, perhaps, of Wheeler, of whose joining we have no record. 
But he, too, sleeps in the Quaker graveyard at Little Falls 
(Fallston, Md.), where most of the family are buried. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 171 

Mary Hicks and John Laugharne Malsby are buried at 
Aisquith Street, Baltimore, and Frances McConnell in the old 
Forrest burying ground. 

The following are mortgages on the Moreland Manor farm: 

Mortgage No. 1 
Indenture made 30th Jan. 1749/50 between David Malsbee of More- 
land, Blacksmith, and Mary his wife and Stephen Parry, mason, of More- 
land; for an obligation in writing, the above named D. Malsby stands 
bound for £100. Conditioned for payment of £50. To be paid— 
3£ 30th Jan., 1751. 

3£ 30 " " 1752, etc., up to 1757 with the 50£ aforesaid. 
This mortgage made on 50 acres. 
This mortgage is paid 30th April, 1755. (x 1, p 247. ) 

Mortgage No. 2 
Made in June 1752 — on 62 acres for £120 and £60 in six yearly pay- 
ments. 

£13 12s on 11th June, 1753. £11 4s on Uth June, 1756. 

13 8 " " " 1754. 11 4 " " " 1757. 

11 16 " " " 1755. 10 12 " " " 1758. 

on the land of David Malsbee, yeoman, and Mary his wife to Ann Long- 

streth, of Warminster, Bucks, (x 2, p. 130. ) This mortgage is receipted in 

full 30th April, 1755, by Robt. Tompkins and Ann Longstreth Tompkins. 

Mortgage No. 3 
And on April 13, 1755, a mortgage is given by David Maltsby and wife 
Mary to John Fisher, merchant of Phila., on 62 acres of land for £150. 
(x 2, page 565.) This mortgage is paid October 1st, 1766. 

And these show the sale of 96 acres to Stephen Parry, in 
1747, and of 112 acres, to John Lloyd, in 1760 : 

Deed 

This Indenture made the nineteenth Day of november In the Year 
of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Seven 

Between David Maultsby of the Manor of Mooreland in the County 
of Philadelphia and Province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, and Mary his 
wife Of the one Part 

And Stephen Parry of the Same Place yeoman of the other Part : 

WITNESSETH, That the said David Maultsby For and in Consideration 
of one Hundred and Ninety-three Pounds lawful Money of Pennsylvania 
to them in Hand paid by the said Stephen Parry the Receipt whereof 
they do hereby acknowledge & thereof do acquit and forever Discharge 
the said Stephen Parry his heirs heirs and Assigns Forever, 

All That Messuage, Plantation & Tract of Land Situated Lying and 
Being in the Manor of Mooreland afsd. Part of three Hundred Acres 
formerly Granted by Thomas Parry to the said David Maultsby. 

Beginning at a stone for a Corner being also a Corner of Thomas 
Parry's Land Extending thence North-East by Elizabeth Walton's Land 



172 THE MA ULSB Y FAIML Y 

Eighty Seven Perches to a Post, Thence, South Sixty Degrees East 
Eighty-four and a half Perches to a stone. Thence South twenty Degrees 
West Eight Perches to a Post Thence South fifty Degrees East Seventy 
Seven Perches to Some Stones Thence South-West one hundred Perches 
to some more Stones Bounded on the Last four Courses by the said 
Maultsby's Land. Thence by the Land of William Waltons & Thomas 
Parry Respectively North West one Hundred and Sixty Perches to the 
First mentioned stone Containing Ninety Six Acres and an half ; 
Together with All and Singular the Buildings, Improvements Ways 
Waters, Water-Courses woods Rights Liberty Priviledges Hereditaments 
and Appurtenances whatsoever unto the said Ninety Six Acres and an 
half Belonging or in any wise Appertaining and the Reversions and Re- 
manders Thereof, To Have and to Hold the said Ninety-Six Acres of 
Land Hereditaments and Premises hereby Granted with the Appurte- 
nances unto the said Stephen Parry and heirs ; And to the only Proper 
use Benefit and Behoof of the said Stephen Parry his Heirs and Assigns 
forever Under the Proportionable Part of the Quit rents now Due or 
hereafter To become Due to the Chief Lords of the Fee thereof for the 
Same. And the said David Maultsby and Mary his wife and their Heirs 
and against all Other Person and Persons whatsoever Lawfully Claiming 
or to Claim by from Under him her them or any of theirs shall and 
will Warrant and forever Defend by these presents. And the said 
David Maultsby and Mary his wife for themselves Their Heirs Execu- 
tors and Administrators Do Covenant Promise Grant & agree to and 
with the said Stephen Parry his heirs and Assigns by these Presents 
That they the said David Maultesby Mary his wife and their Heirs 
and All and Every other Person and Persons whatsoever Lawfully Claim- 
ing or to CI Estab., Right Title or Interest of in or to the Premises 

or any Part or Parcel thereof by from or Under him her Them or any of 
them shall and will at any time or times here after at the Reasonable 
Request Cost and Charges in Law of the said Stephen Parry his heirs or 
Assigns, Make Execute, and Acknowledge or Cause so to be All and 
Every Such Further and other reasonable Act and Acts, Deed and Deeds 
or Devises in Law Whatsoever for the Further and better Assurance and 
Confirmation of the said Ninety-Six Acres and an half of land Herida- 
ments and Pi-emises hereby Granted or mentioned to be Granted with the 
Appurtenances unto the said Stephen Parry his heirs and Assigns as by 
him or them or by their or any of their Council Learned in the Law shall 
be reasonably Devised advised or Requir'd. 

In Witness the said Parties to these presents have Interchangeably 
set their Hands and Seals Dated the Day and Year First above written. 

David Malsby [seal], 
Mary Malsby [seal]. 
Sealed and Delivered { 
In the presence of us S 
Nathan Bewley, 
David Parry. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 173 

The twenty-third day of the fifth month 1750 Before me Nicholas 
Austin, Esq'., one of the Justices &c\ Came the above named David 
Malsby and Mary his wife and Acknowledged the above writing In- 
dented [?] to be their Deed and Desired the same might be recorded as their 
Deed (the said mary being of full age and apart Examined Voluntarily 
thereunto Consenting). Witness my hand & Seal the Day & year aboves'^. 

Nicholas Austin [seal]. 

[Endorsed on back.] 

David Maultsby & uxor ] Deed for 96 >^ acres 
to \ of land in More- 

Stephen Parry. J land. 

Received the Day of the Date of the within written Indenture of 
the within named Stephen Parry the sum of one hundred and ninety-six 
pounds it being the Consideration Money within Mentioned. 
Witness Ree'd by 

Nathan Bewley David Malsby 

David Parry Mary Malsby 

Deed 

David Malsbey & wife "j 

to V \\2y2 acres in Moorland 

John Lloyd J 

This Indenture Made the Twenty-fourth day of the ninth month 
(called September) in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 
and Sixty 

Between David Malsbey of the Manor of Moorland in the county of 
Philadelphia in the province of Pensilvania Blacksmith and Mary his wife 
of the One part, And John Lloyd of the same place yeoman of the other 
part. 

Whereas the said David Malsbey by a certain grant or Deed of Sale 
Duly executed under the hand and seal of Thomas Parry Late of said 
County yeoman, as also by divers other good Conveyances and assurances 
Under William Penn Esquire, True and Absolute Proprietary and Gover- 
nor of the province aforesaid Legally had & Executed, became Lawfully 
seized in his Demesne as of Fee of and in a Certain Tract of Land sit- 
uate in the mannor of Moorland aforesaid by metes & Bounds in said 
Grant mentioned Containing by Computation three hundred acres or there- 
abouts, And the said David Malsbey being so thereof seize'd sold divers 
pieces or parcels thereof, And afterwards by Indenture of the thirtieth day 
of April which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 
& fifty-five. Mortgaged Two pieces or parcels the residue thereof (by 
metes and Bounds in said mortgage mentioned) to John Fisher of the 
City of Philadelphia, Merchant, to secure the payment of one hundred 



174 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

& fifty pounds Lawfull money of Pensilvania, which hitherto remains un- 
paid But which the said John Lloyd hath undertaken to pay with the In- 
terest ariseing thereon. Now to the end & Intent that this mortgage 
monies may be paid and the mortgaged premises Redeemed 

Therfore This Indenture Witnesseth that the said David 
Malsbey and Mary his wife, as well for and in Consideration of the Afore- 
said Mortgage Money amounting to one hundred and sixty pounds which 
the said John Lloyd hath undertaken to pay with the Interest thereof, as 
also of the further sum of Two hundred and sixty-eight pounds seventeen 
shillings & six pence Like lawfull money, to them the said David Malsbey 
and Mary his wife in hand well and Truly paid by the said John Lloyd at & 
before the sealing and delivery hereof (amounting in the whole to the 
full Value of the Land & premises hereby intended to be granted) the 
receipt of which sum of Two hundred and sixty-eight pounds, seventeen 
Shillings and six pence they the said David Malsbey and Mary his wife. 
Do absolutely grant, bargain, sell, release & Confirm unto the said John 
Lloyd and to his Heirs and Assigns All those two pieces or parcels of 
Land in Said Mortgage mentioned lying Contiguous and by a Late Survey 
thereof is found to be bounded as follows. Viz' 

Beginning at a stone set for a corner of John Parry's land thence by 
Elias Yerkas's land north forty- two degrees and a half, East one hun- 
dred and six perches and a half to a stone set for a corner. Thence by 
Land of Thomas Lloyd & said John Lloyd North forty-eight degrees 
West one hundred and sixty-four perches and a half to a stone set for 
a corner of the widow Walton's Land, thence by the same South forty- 
two degrees and a half West one hundred and seventy perches to a stone 
set for a Corner of said Parry's Land, thence by the same the three fol- 
lowing Courses, Viz' South sixty degrees East Eighty-five perches & 
three tenth to a stone, thence South twenty degrees West eight perches 
to post set for a Corner, and thence South fifty degrees East seventy 
Eight perches to the first mentioned place of beginning, Containing one 
hundred and twelve acres and a half of Land ; Together also with all and 
singular the Messuage, Buildings, improvements, Ways, Woods, Water- 
courses, Rights, Liberties, priviledges. Hereditaments and Appurte- 
nances, whatsoever thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. 
And the Reversion and Reversions, Remainder and Remainders, Rents, 
Issues & Profits thereof, And all the Estate, Right of Redemption, Right, 
Title, Interest, property. Claim and demand whatsoever of them the said 
David Malsbey and Mary his wife of in or to the same, And all deeds. 
Evidences & Writeing, Touching or Concerning the same. To have and 
TO HOLD the said Tract of one hundred and Twelve acres and a half of 
Land ; Hereditaments and premises hereby granted or mentioned to be 
granted with the appurtenances unto the said John Lloyd his Heirs and 
assigns To the only proper use, benefit, and behoof of him the said John 



THE MA ULSBY FAMILY 175 

Lloyd his Heirs and Assigns Forever Under the yearly Quit Rent here- 
after accruing on the hereby granted premises to the Chief Lord or 
Lords of the Fee thereof, And Subject to the above recited Mortgage and 
the payment of the Mortgage Monies Principal and Interest And the said 
David Malsbey doth Covenant for him and Heirs To and with the said 
John Lloyd his Heirs and Assigns by these presents that he the said 
David Malsbey and his heirs the said one hundred and twelve acres and 
a half of land and premises hereby granted or mentioned to be granted, 
with the appurtenances unto the said John Lloyd his heirs and Assigns, 
Against him the said David Malsbey and his Heirs and against all & 
Every other person and persons Whatsoever Lawfully Claiming, or to 
Claim by or From, or Under, him, them, or any of them. Shall and Will 
Warrant and Forever Defend by these presents; The said John Fisher his 
Heirs and Assigns for and in respect of the said Recited mortgage only 
Excepted and Foreprized. 

In Witness whereof the said Parties to these presents have Inter- 
changebly Set their Hands and seals hereunto Dated the Day and Year 
first above Written. 

David Malsby. [seal.] 
Mary Malsby. [seal.] 
Sealed and delivered in the presence of 
Edward Walker, 
William McClean. 
The seventh day of October 1760 before me Arch"* McLean esq"^ one 
of y*' Justices &c came y" above named David Malsby & Mary his wife y'' 
above grantors & Did acknowledge y" above Indenture to be their act & 
Desires y' it may be Recorded as their act & Deed. Y° s'* Mary being of 
full age y" contents made known to her She voluntarily thereunto Con- 
sented. 

In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal y'^ date above. 

Arcrd McClean. [seal.] 
Received the day of the date of the within written Ind. of the 
within named John Lloyd the sum of two hundred and sixty-eight pounds, 
Seventeen shillings & sixpence in full the Consideration money within 
mentioned to be paid to us — I say Received by me 

David Malsby, 
Mary Malsby. 
Witness present at signing: 
Edward Walker, 
William McLean. 
Deeds of sale for the remainder of this property have not been found, 
and it is not known when the last piece was finally sold. 

Baltimore County Deed 
On the sixth day of June, 1760, David Malsby and Mary, his wife, 
of the mannor of Moreland, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, buys 



176 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

of Ijabin Ogg, of Baltimore County, Maryland, for the consideration of 
£120, 100 acres of land lying on the little falls of the Gunpowder river, 
called "Hicks Adventure" — granted a certain Nehemiah Hicks to Henry 
Hicks ; also 82 acres of land part of a tract called "Bond's Forest," 
granted to a certain Thomas Bond to Henry Hicks ; and 17 acres of Re- 
serve land, as " land reserved for his Lordship's use," which was leased 
to him the said Henry Hicks. Henry Hicks willed all to a certain Will- 
iam Robinson and Robinson deeded all to Labin Ogg (or Hogg). 
Witnesses: 
Samuel Owings, 
Wm. Youngb. 
Rec'd June 6, 1760, of David Malsby the sum of £120 current money. 

Laban Ogg. 
Witness : 
Samuel Owings. 

Received 6 June, 1760, seven shillings and 3 pence half penny ster- 
ling, alienation fine on one hundred and eighty-two acres the within men- 
tioned Land of " Hicks Adventure " and part of "Bonds Gift" for his 
Lordship's use by order 

Edw. L , Esq., Agent. 

Mortgage 

—Baltimore Deeds, B. M. H. 227. 
At the same time David Malsby gave a mortgage on the 100 acres, 
"Hicks Adventure," 82 acres of "Bond's Forest," 17 (18) acres of 
" Reserved " land. 

This indenture was made the 10th day of May, 1760, between David 
Malsby and John Bond for the sum of £45, 10 shillings sterling money. 
Witnesses : 
Laban Hicks,* 
Frances Webster, 
Alesanna Bond. 

Deed of Sale 
On the 24th day of May, 1765, David Malsby sold the above ttvo tracts 
of land to Charles Baker: "Hicks Adventure," 100 acres, and part of 
" Bond's Forest," 82 acres, for the sum of £120. — Bait. Deeds ; O, No. 
225. 

"And on the 27th of May, 1765, came David Malsby party to within 
deed and acknowledged," etc. And at the same time came Mary the wife 
of the within mentioned David Malsby and out of hearing of her said hus- 
band acknowledged all her right of Dower to the said lands to be the 
Right, Title and Estate of him the said Charles Baker, and that she did 
it without Fear or Dread of her said Husband before us two of his Lord- 
ship's Justices of the Peace for Bait. Co. 

Thomas Franklin, 
W. Young. 

* Laban Hicks was the brother of James Hicks. He seems to have inherited 
property and assumed the name " Ogg " or Hogg later. Alesanna was also a Hicks. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 177 

Mary Laugharne 

And now the more difficult task remains of giving a cor- 
rect account of Mary Laugharne. It is not our purpose to 
definitely establish her identity in the present volume. That, 
with the Laugharne history, stretching far back into the his- 
tory of ancient Britain, will be our theme in another volume. 
This deals with her history in America only, and some of the 
many family traditions that gather around her name. 

The following account is copied from notes written by 
Martin F. Conway, containing also a letter or statement writ- 
ten by his mother. The original is in possession of Mrs. 
Marjorie Martenet, Baltimore, Md. 

My mother, who was born in Harford Co., Md., of parents who 
moved to that locality from near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and who is 
now about seventy-five (75) years old, says that her father was the 
eldest son of a woman by the name of Mary Laugharne, who landed in 
Phila. from Haverfordwest, in South Wales, about 1748 [This cannot be 
a correct date. — E. K. B.], and who in less than a year after her arrival 
married a man by name of Maulsby, residing in or near Philadelphia. 

Mary Laugharne died a few years before my mother was born, but 
many papers were left attesting who she was, and much was said by 
persons in the family about her character and quality. 

It seems she was of a family of great wealth, if not rank, in the 
vicinity of Haverfordwest, Wales. That she was an only daughter, and 
that in consequence of a difference with her father about the person he 
wished her to marry, she abruptly left his house and obtained passage 
clandestinely on board a vessel bound for America. 

That efforts were afterwards made by her son to obtain estates or 
property supposed to belong to him as her heir. That an agent by name 
of Churchman was employed about the year 1798, to proceed to England 
and take steps in that direction. That all the documentary proofs 
deemed necessary were procured and entrusted to him; that he departed 
on his mission but never returned, it being announced in due time that 
he was lost at sea. 

My mother is the only surviving grandchild of Mary Laugharne, 
though her progeny of later degrees are numerous. 

Martin F. Conway. 

Washington, 1st May, 1871. 

The following is my mother's account of the story of Mary Laug- 
harne. 

M. F. C. 



178 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

My Dear Son : 

I cheerfully comply with your request to write a statement of what I 
know about my grandmother, Mary Laugharne. I remember nothing of 
her personally, as she died (1792) two years before I was born, but I 
have often heard my father and mother and others speak of her. My 
mother was her favorite, and she would often talk with her about the 
grand home she had left in Wales and the many pleasant days she had 
there passed with kindred and friends. 

Her father's name was John Laugharne and her mother's maiden 
name Mary Wheeler. They lived in South Wales, near Haverfordwest. 

The reason she gave for leaving her home was that her father wished 
her to marry a man whom she disliked. The man's name was Rees. He 
was old and very rich and had a great wen* on his neck. 

Her father knew of her repugnance to him, yet he arranged for their 
marriage. 

He ordered her to prepare for visitors on a certain day. When the 
time arrived, he summoned her to be present, where she found her uncle, 
herself, the proposed groom, a clergyman, and several witnesses. 

He told her she must marry Mr. Rees then and there; she answered 
that she would not, and persisted in her refusal, whereupon he struck 
her over the shoulders three times with a whip. Upon this she left the 
house and never returned. 

By the aid of a servant and friend she contrived to conceal herself 
on board of a vessel at Haverfordwest bound for America. It was with 
the connivance of the mate that this was done, but the captain, who knew 
the position of the family, was astonished and alarmed when he ascer- 
tained that she was on board. 

Indeed, she had been advertised and a reward offered for her recov- 
ery before the sailing of the vessel, and the captain had seen it. 

He would not for all on board his vessel that she should have been there, 
but it was then too late, for they were far away at sea. In seven weeks 
they arrived at Philadelphia. This was about the year 1789. [This may 
have been intended for 1739, but is evidently incorrect. — E. K. B.] The 
captain placed Miss Laugharne in charge of a family of his acquaintance 
[Lloyd's], informing them of her quality and all the circumstances of the 
case. 

In a few months she was married to David Malsby, a Philadelphia 
Quaker, who had seen and fallen in love with her at first sight. My 
father was their first child [son], born about 1750. 

After a few years the family moved into Maryland, where my grand- 
father bought land and settled, where he and Mary Laugharne lived and 
died and were both buried in the little Quaker graveyard at Fallston, 
where rests also the remains of my father and mother and other kindred 

* Tradition says the wen was so large a footman supported it as Mr. Rees 
walked. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 179 

dust. It was said that Mary Laugharne was heiress to a large fortune. 
My father once went so far as to pay ten guineas passage money to 
England to see about it, but changed his mind at the last moment. 

A man by the name of Churchman, who attended to the settling of 
estates in England, came to see him on the subject. My father related 
to him the circumstances and Churchman went over and came back, 
partly confirming the main facts. 

My father then furnished him with proofs of his being the oldest son 
of Mary Laugharne and gave him a power of attorney. Churchman said 
there could be a very large sum called "pin money " obtained with very 
little trouble, left her by her grandmother, Mary Wheeler. Churchman 
was to have a child's part of it. He went over the second time, but 
never returned. He may have secured the money and appropriated it all 
to himself. 

He had two sisters* living at a place called Peach Bottom, Pa., who 
said their brother died at sea. So much time, however, had elapsed and 
other matters nearer home engaging my father's attention, he let the 
affair rest, and nothing more was ever done about it. 

What I have said, of course but little is known of my own knowledge. 
What relates to Mary Laugharne is her own story, briefly expressed, and 
was told to me times without number, by both my father and my mother, 
and was always known and always much talked about by the various 
members of the family. 

I hope, my son, if yon should ever again cross the ocean you will go 
to Wales and learn what you can about the Laugharne family. Although 
no fortune or anything of the kind may be recovered, yet it would be a 
gratification to know who our progenitors were. 

Your affectionate mother, 

Frances Ann Conway. 

Washington, 1st June, 1871. 

The story of Mary Laugharne, continued by Jefferson 
Conway, son of Frances Maulsby Conway [June 7, 1907] : 

She occupies a romantic place in my memory. From the lips of my 
kindred in boyhood I heard : 

She was a star of the first magnitude in the society of her day, ele- 
gant and refined in manners, bright and fascinating in intellect, a sweet 
singer and a delightful companion. 

She was tall, willowy, and erect in form ; proud in walk and car- 
riage ; with bounteous black hair crowning a broad but shapely Saxon 
head, and her luminous, large black eyes, and prominent nose with a 
Roman curve were perhaps the most eloquent of all her features in sus- 
taining the romances of her early life in Wales and her adopted country. 

* Qainor and Hannah Churchman. The latter was for many years a teacher 
in Baltimore and Washington. 



180 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

They said that at fifteen years of age she was heir to a large estate ; 
that she had received, at that age, a precocious child, the best education 
Wales could give her ; that she early developed a pride and will which 
made death to her preferable to subordination to and domination by 
her guardians ; and that falling in love with a young man, he, to 
break the attachment and troth, was sent to the army and thence to 
India. She secured everything of her property she could move, and in 
hidden flight escaped to America, in search of a new home, where she set- 
tled amongst relatives in Maryland [?]. 

She was fond of outdoor sports, and was known amongst the people 
about her as a lover of horses, dogs, and hunting the fox, and became 
conspicuous for horsemanship and the prowess of a lady hunter. 

That she was a loyalist full of Tory enthusiasm, and once when our 
county of Harford was invaded by a body of English, the servants of a 
patriotic family near by were heard to say that the sons of that family 
were to lead an attack on the English at a designated time and places; 
and Mary Laugharne, dressed in the apparel of a man, sprang to 
a horse, a voluntary messenger for King George, and carried the secret 
to the English camp, fifty miles away. That on her return she was chal- 
lenged and pursued by a squad of cavalry, and distanced them so ably 
that when her house was surrounded and all the premises searched for 
the rough rider, whose trail led and ended there, no one could be found 
except a few ladies, servants, and a woman sick abed, attended by a 
nurse, and that woman was Mary Laugharne, inveighing against "savage 
man, who could thus invade the quiet, defenseless home, and outrage a 
sick woman."* 

The story of Churchman, as agent, is well authenticated, 
and comes from all branches of the family. It was generally 
supposed, however, that he died on his first voyage, as Mrs. 
Gill, of Brooklyn, N. Y. (1899), writes : 

Uncle Stephen Russell, then Inspector of the port of New York, 
hired a man named Churchman to go to Wales, etc. He went on the 
President, and she was reported lost with all on board. 

•'■ This story was also told me by Mrs. Bouldin of a member of the Malsby fam- 
ily, but she did not remember which one. She thought it happened near Philadel- 
phia. 

It seems more likely that David and Mary Laugharne Malsby were living in 
Moreland or Philadelphia during the Revolution, as Mrs. Bouldin has stated, and 
that this event occurred there. Geuei'al Lacey was encamped at the Billet (Hat- 
boro'), very close to or on the Malsby farm, in 1778, and it was probably from this place 
that Mary Laugharne made her famous ride. 

The neighbor referred to may have been John Fries, who, tradition says, 
headed a party of his neighbors against and pursued a party of British troops who 
were driving stolen cattle to the city. The remainder of the family were non- 
resistants, and favorable to the colonies. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 181 

The following is the authentic account of Churchman's 
voyage and death on the home trip: 

John Churchman, son of George and grandson of John and Margaret 
Churchman, noted Friends' ministers, was born in East Nottingham, 5th 
mo. 29, 1753. He was a noted surveyor. In 1778 he executed a map of 
the Peninsula between the bays of Chesapeake and Delaware. 

About 1790 he constructed a "Variation Chart or Magnetic Atlas " 
and a " Stereographic Projection of the Spheres, on a Plane of the First 
Magnetic Meridian," on account of which he met with great opposition. 
Whilst persecuted in the land of his nativity, he maintained an encourag- 
ing correspondence with Sir Joseph Banks, Esq., Bart., President of the 
Royal Society of London, and others. Also with academies and societies 
at Hamburg, Prussia, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Cambridge, 
Paris, etc., and with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and the 
liberal-minded men in America. 

In 1792 embarked on a voyage to England and France to pursue his 
researches. He returned about 1796. 

Having received an invitation from a learned society in Russia, he 
visited Copenhagen and thence to St. Petersburg, where he met with 
great attention, and was elected member of the Imperial Academy of 
Arts and Sciences, and received a gold medal with the diplomatic honors 
thereof. 

He arrived in London in the year , still pursuing his studies. He 

received a silver medal from a society as an acknowledgment of some in- 
genious topographical discoveries. 

Sitting up late one night at his accustomed labors, he was found 
fallen in a paralytic affection, from which after a few months he so far 
recovered as to embark for home in the ship William Murdoch, Captain 
Horn. 

He never arrived, but died at sea in the ship, 17th of the 7th mo., 
1805, aged about 50 years. 

Alfred Churchman, of New York (1884), had in his possession the 
portrait of Churchman [probably the traditional one, in court dress], and 
the original letter from George Washington, introducing him to the for- 
eign ministers in England and France. 

Gilbert Cope. 

For a copy of this letter I am greatly indebted to Rev. A. B. Church- 
man, of New York City, who writes : 

The following letter was addressed by General Washington to our 
great uncle, John Churchman, scientist, also member of Imperial Acad- 
emy of Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg, upon the occasion of a trip 
abroad : 



182 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Mount Vernon, Sept. lOth, 1792. 
Sir: 

Your letter of the 5th did not reach my hand until the 8th— and this 
is the first opportunity that has offered since to give the receipt of it an 
acknowledgment. 

I have enclosed you two short letters of introduction to our Ministers 
at the courts of Paris and London. I wish your voyage may answer your 
own expectation and that the discovery may be beneficial to mankind, 
being 

Sir, 

Your Very H'''^' Serv' 

G" Washington. 

The following story was not generally known in the 
family : 

Jefferson Conway also states that Aaron Burr was employed by the 
family to secure the Welsh estate. 

When and where Morris Maulsby (of Merchant) became acquainted 
with Aaron Burr we do not know, but he probably knew him in Philadel- 
phia, or perhaps just met him in the inn at Bush, then county seat of 
Harford, and the stopping place of the stage en route to Washington. 
Surely, so says tradition, he went to see him for Mary Laugharne or the 
children, to put into his hands the business of procuring the Welsh estate 
for the family. 

Aaron Burr was in his day the most brilliant of all the lawyers of the 
country. Second in ability and success to none, in putting the mat- 
ter in his hands all felt sure of success. It must have been shortly before 
the duel with Hamilton took place, after which time Burr's own misfor- 
tunes were so overwhelming that little else was thought of. After his 
trial and acquittal in 1808, finding himself condemned and abhorred by 
the public, he made a secret flight to Europe, first confiding to his 
daughter, Theodosia, his accumulated legal papers. After four years of 
wandering and exile, he returned to America, and attempted to take up 
again the old life here. 

Theodosia sailed to meet him, taking with her, with other papers, 
those relating to the Wheeler-Laugharne property. The sad story of 
that last voyage is well known — how off Cape Hatteras all went down, 
and none were left to tell the tale. Although later rumors came of a 
savage pirate crew, the ending of the voyage always has remained a 
blank. 

And this time the " Laugharne papers," as they had now become 
known, were surely lost forever. [If this story is correct these were 
probably duplicate papers, for the original ones were still in possession 
of Hannah Churchman.] 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 183 

The following is a copy of the contents of a letter in pos- 
session of Isaiah C. McConnell, of Burlington, Iowa. It was 
written to his grandfather, Samuel McConnell. The year in 
which it was written is unknown : 

Philadelphia, August. 
Friend McConnell : 

There has lately been some things transpired, which has led me to 
believe that if the papers which was in John Churchman's possession 
concerning a property in Wales or England which should of rights come 
to this family and thy wife being one of the principal heirs together with 
my mother, Tamar Sitler, and the rest of the heirs of Miss Laugharne, 
afterward Mrs. Maulsby — from some facts I have received from England, 
and from the best opinion of one of our most learned attorneys of the 
Phila. Courts that if any papers which can go to prove that the said 
Miss Laugharne, afterwards Mrs. Maulsby, was the daughter and heir 
of the family in Europe, there is no question but the property can be got 
to the family. On last week I went down to see Miss Hannah Church- 
man, the only one of that family that is now living, and to my surprise 
she stated that some years ago she had sent them to James Orr, of 
Belair, and she told me some few weeks back you had been over to see 
her. 

And if said Orr got the papers they must be in the possession of 
Morris Maulsby, in the neighborhood of Belair, who administered on his 
estate, and I think it our duty to look after it. If thee can give me an 
answer to the following questions thee will in time no doubt find it to 
thy advantage : 

1st. If the papers were sent to James Orr and if they can be got ? 

2nd. What is the nature of the papers and what will they go to 
prove ? 

3d. If thy wife can recollect about the affidavit and what was the 
nature and who before, and what time it occurred ? 

4th. When thy wife's mother was married, and in what church, and 
before what minister, and in what city ? 

5th. If the affidavit was sworn to in Baltimore and before Esquire 
Salmon ? 

Now, if thee will take the pains to ascertain whether the papers can 
be got and write immediately to my father, Daniel Sitler. in Phila., at 
No. 103 North 3d Street, his dwelling house, that property may yet be 
got. Be particular in making all of the above inquiry and write imme- 
diately the answer, as Mr. Henry Clay will be in this city in a few days, 
and I should be glad to get his opinion, as he is well versed in English 
law. 



184 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Mother and father and children send their love to you and aunt, and 
say they would be glad if you and aunt could come to this city. The 
family is doing well. David Newcomer and aunt will be here in a few 
days. Joseph Johnson has just come home from a long voyage from sea. 
I shall close my letter hoping it will find you and all of our friends in 
good health. 

• Thy affectionate relative, 

Henry Sitler. 

N. B. — If I can get the papers I shall leave immediately for England, 
and if the old papers have been lost I shall get what papers I can get 
and go, as I am determined not to let it rest. I want to get ready to go 
by the next trip of the British Queen steamer or Great Western, and I 
feel confident thee will give me all the assistance in thy power, as it is 
of the greatest importance to me. I should have come over to see thee, 
but at this time am very busy and want to hear from thee first, as there 
might be some document in this city to be got, as I have always under- 
stood she was married here.* 

H. S. 

To Samuel McConnell, near Belair, Harford Co., Md. 

It was probably some time before it became g-enerally 
known that the Laugharne papers had been returned to the 
sisters of John Churchman. Then one of the family was sent 
for the purpose of getting possession of them, but the sisters, 
Gainor and Hannah Churchman, refused to give them up un- 
less they should have a child's share of the property— the 
same that had been offered to their brother. This was un- 
conditionally refused, and for years the Churchman sisters 
retained possession of the papers. Meanwhile family bick- 
erings and dissensions arose amongst the heirs, and nothing 
more was done. 

Finally one paper was offered for sale and bought. It 
was probably the old tree of the Laugharne and Wheeler 
families. (See fac-simile.) 

William Wheeler was member of Parliament from Haverfordwest, 
whether Mary's grandfather or uncle, I am not sure. Colonel Wheeler, 
her guardian, was unmarried. 

» The Great W>'-'itern first crossed the ocean In 1S3S. Frances McC'ounell died 
in 1843. This letter must have been written between these dates.— E. K. B. 

It was perhaps about this time that the papers were examined by J udge Wm. P 
Maulsby. 



IHE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 185 

During the Peninsular war the family in Harford watched the career 
of a General Wheeler, whom they believed to be their relation. This 
scarcely could have been her mother's uncle, but was perhaps a younger 
member of the family. 

According to the letter of Henry Sitler, Hannah Church- 
man finally sent the papers to James Orr, of Belair, the hus- 
band of Angelina, youngest daughter of David and Mary 
Malsby. 

This was probably some thirty years after John Church- 
man's death, and by this time few of the older members of 
the family were living, and few ever knew that the papers 
had passed into the hands of James Orr. 

It is not probable that Henry Sitler ever got possession 
of them; at least he never did cross the ocean. 

Somewhere about 1864 an advertisement appeared in the 
papers for the heirs of one Mary Ann Laugharne, and Major 
John R. Kenly, of Baltimore, was sent over to investigate 
the matter, but nothing was accomplished. 

The following advertisement was probably the one re- 
ferred to, and evidently does not refer to our Mary Laug- 
harne. It was sent me by Mr. Columbus Smith, from Eng- 
land, about 1884, when he kindly offered to make some in- 
vestigations there for me ; but at that time I could only give 
him traditions to work on, and it all as usual came to naught. 

N. K. — Rep'"" of Mary Ann Chapman— Whereas Lydia Hooley 
by her will dated many years ago, bequeathed a life annuity or yearly 
sum of £20 to her neice, Mary Ann Laugharne, who subsequently 
married a Mr. Thos. Chapman, and afterwards lived and resided with 
him at Hobart Town, or elsewhere in Van Diemans Land, and is reported 
to have since died at the Hospital of Hobart Town aforesaid without 
having previously claimed the said annuity, which has been invested and 
accumulated up to the time of her reputed death. Now, therefore, the 
trustees acting under the Will are desirous of ascertaining whether the 
said Mary Ann Chapman is living or dead. If dead, when and where she 
died. Whether she left her husband her surviving, and if so, whether 
he is living or dead, and if dead, who is his legal personal repstv. ; 
and if she survived her said husband, whether she left any, and 
what children by him, her surviving ; and who is her legal repstve. 
All persons claiming through or under the said Mary Ann Chapman, or 
possessing any information relating to this enquiry, are requested to send 



186 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

particulars of such claim, and the evidence in support thereof, or to 
communicate such information to Mr. Joseph Hooley Torr, Solicitor, No. 
21 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. — London Gazette, 2Uh June, 1851. 

No doubt the American claim refers to this advertisement, as it is 
for a Mary Ann Laughorne, spinster, but who married a Chapman. 

Cuttmen's Index — addenda — contains Wm. Laughorne. 

Gun's Index contains Langharn family— 42, 294. 

In the meantime, Martin Conway was making his inves- 
tigations, but failing health prevented their completion. 

Mr. Smith's letters are interesting, as they definitely de- 
cide some of the often-asked questions. 

West Salisbury, Vermont, April 29, 'S4. 
Miss Ella K. Barnard :— 

Yours of the 10th inst. was received on my return from Florida. 

I have examined my whole collection and can find only the following 
in Di Bernard's list of names, which names have appeared in advertise- 
ments: "Mary Ann Laughorn " and "Mary Ann Laughorne." I have 
not got the advertisements, and know nothing of their contents, nor can 
I get the advertisements in England without purchasing copies of them, 
and as you cannot trace the family I fear it will not pay to get copies of 
the advertisements. You will notice this party had a middle name, Ann. 
Without you get more definite information I do not think it will be apt 
to pay for trouble and expense of searching. I expect to go to England 
next month and will take your statement of case with me, and make some 
enquiries there of agents about it, and if I find anything I will let you 
know. 

Re Wheeler claim in England: I have heard of this claim before, I 
think, and feel quite sure I have seen Wheeler advertisements in Eng- 
land. I do not remember that I have any particular information relative 
to unclaimed money there belonging to Wheelers. Perhaps your friends 
may give you some definite information about it for a starting point. 

My wife and daughter send kind regards to you and Miss Davis. 

Truly yours, 

Columbus Smith. 

38 Alfred Place, Bedford Square, London, England, Nov. 3, '89. 

To Miss E. K. Barnard :— 

Yours of the 24th ult. is just received. We are glad to hear from 
you. I was just thinking of writing you. While in London I have been 
very ill for one month, not able to leave my house, and under the doctor's 
care. Am not now fairly recovered. My wife is much improved and my 
daughter is quite well ; has been taking music aud French lessons here. 



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I have made many inquiries since I came here relative to Langhorn 
and Wheeler unclaimed property, but have been able to get on track of 
none recoverable. I have examined thoroughly the unclaimed dividends 
in Chancery, but find nothing there to which I think you can be entitled. 
I find, there, in the cause "Wheeler vs. Newsham the share of Freder- 
ick Wheeler of the legacy of £500." "The account in the cause first 
opened 1866." Nothing done in the case since. I examined in the Brit- 
ish Museum library some two hours about three weeks ago, but it was so 
damp, there, I took a cold which confined me again to the house sev- 
eral days, and in fact am not now over the cold, so I do not dare to go 
there again until they have fires. I find within the last 15 years they 
have passed several statutes of limitations, so no person can recover real 
estate of a person who has held the property under an adverse title 12 
years, and in no event over 20 years, so I do not see how it is possible for 
Mr. Hewett or any one else to recover the property now. 

Real estate usually descends to the oldest male heir, certainly, if not 
willed otherwise. Personal property is divided as in America if not willed. 

When I return here next Spring I will try and find the Langhorn 
Castle by Miss Curtis. 

I must say I cannot see much of a chance for you to secure a prop- 
erty in England left by Langhorn or Wheeler. It is possible that I might 
alter my mind by a further search, but I think not. I send you enclosed 
an advertisement which I procured, but after getting it I think is not your 
case it refers to. It is too recent. 

We think of leaving here for Paris this week or next. 

Yours truly, 

Columbus Smith, 

In my endeavors to sift thoroughly all stories relating to 
Mary Laugharne, I have found some differences of opinion 
regarding various parts of the story. The following is one 
that may contain a needed clue : 

I have often heard father speak of the Laughorne property as the 
"Llewellen estate," and understood it to be situated in Wales. 

Henry Daniel Sitler. 
Washington, D. C, 3, 12, 1903. 

Some branches of the family claim that the father of 
Mary Laugharne was not living, and that her uncle Wheeler 
was her guardian. The "old tree " seems to indicate that 
her mother was twice married, and that she had three half 
sisters, Frances, Corbetta, and Mrs. Watkins. It should be 
possible to find their descendants. Our own traditions add 
somewhat to the preceding : 



188 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

That Mary's father or guardian took her one day to town 
and bought her with other things a " white satin " gown, and 
one day told her to dress in the "white satin " and come to 
the parlor, as he expected company to dine. 

When she appeared so arrayed, she found "the Mr. 
Rees," her uncle, a clergyman, and a few witnesses, and was 
told by her uncle that she was to be married at once to Mr. 
Rees, a large land holder, whose estate joined them; but on 
her refusal he struck her over the shoulders with a whip ; that 
she escaped at once from the house and hid until night and 
then went aboard a ship, probably at Milford Haven, about 
to sail for Philadelphia. That she took with her a few rings 
and some jewelry of value ; that in mid-ocean she first ap- 
peared on shipboard in the white satin, her only dress, and 
the one in which she crossed the ocean. Arriving in Phila- 
delphia, the Captain of the vessel went first ashore and re- 
turned with a Mr. Lloyd (or Wheeler) , a silk merchant, into 
whose charge he intended to put Mary until he could commu- 
nicate with her father or guardian. That Mr. Lloyd at once 
exclaimed, " Why, Mary, is it you ! " He had known her in 
Wales ; that he took her home and made her one of his fam- 
ily ; that he made every effort to reconcile her to her father 
or guardian, but that every effort failed. 

Mr. Lloyd had two daughters, and one morning Mary 
announced her wish to go with them to market, telling of a 
dream the night before. The rest of the story has been told; 
and very soon she was married to David Malsby. 

During her lifetime she steadily refused to make, or allow 
to be made, any effort to recover her property. After her 
death an agent from Wales appeared in Harford and visited 
amongst her children and assured himself of their identity, 
but after his return to Wales nothing further was heard of 
him. 

A strange fatality seems to have followed everything be- 
longing to Mary Laugharne. The burning of the Moreland 
house was the beginning. Whatever was left probably fell 
into the hands of her son-in-law, James Orr, along with the 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 189 

Churchman papers, and a long chancery suit ensued between 
him and Morris Maulsby (and probably resulted in both of 
them being disowned from Meeting) . Betsy Sadler is sup- 
posed to have destroyed them. At least no trace of the 
papers has been found, and inquiry has been made amongst 
her relatives. 

Mary married David Maulsby, of Pennsylvania, and was married in 
Philadelphia, at the old Swedes' Church, or the Church of England on 
Second Street, Philadelphia. She had four children: David, Wheeler, 
and two others. The daughter's name was Angelina ; she died in Penn- 
sylvania or Maryland, but I cannot say which place. Aunt Beulah 
saw the grandmother when she was a little girl and heard her tell about 
her father wanting her to marry an old man with a very large and ugly 
nose — something like a wen on his nose— and said he was a Duke [?]. 
Mary was one of sixteen children. She told them her brothers and sisters 
were all embalmed and placed in a vault, where the family, she said, 
would go and look at them. 

I also heard from this friend that the Queen had issued a Proclama- 
tion, — it was in the Philadelphia Record which came out on Seventh 
days, — in which she said something about the heiress of the Wheeler estate. 

With love will remain thy cousin, 

M. G. Shoemaker. 

Mary Shoemaker, the writer of the foregoing letter, 
had great faith in the "Laugharne fortune," and firmly be- 
lieved that it was only waiting for the appearance of the 
heirs from America to drop into their extended hands. 

That there was such a fortune is an established fact, but 
it seems most unlikely that Mary Laugharne was its heiress. 
At least it does not seem that she could have been the 
daughter of John Laugharne, M. P. Could she have been 
his granddaughter ? However, we hope to give proofs, for or 
against, in our later volume. 

" Cousin Beulah " was born the year Mary Laugharne 
died, so could not have heard her story from her own lips, 
and no doubt the years added glamor to the romance. The 
story of the sixteen little children long seemed to me a most 
incredible one, but in these years of research I have learned 
to look for a kernel of truth in each tradition, and most un- 
expectedly found it here. 



190 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

In an old church yard near Haverfordwest is doubtless 
the tomb with a quaint inscription from which this story orig- 
inated, and it will probably lead us to at least the partial ver- 
ification of the story of Mary Laugharne, or I should say a 
verification, for she herself could have had no part in the 
addition of the various myths that now surround her 
name. 

Certainly she was familiar with the old parish grave- 
yard where this tomb, erected by the last John Laugharne,* 
M. P. , stands, and perhaps she often went there to see her 
mother's grave. The tomb, however, is to "fourteen little 
brothers and sisters ; " "one (more) of them was buried at 
St. Bride's," and the sixteenth was the wife of him who 
caused the tomb to be erected. 

The inscription on the tomb in Boulston Churchyard, four miles from 
Haverfordwest, is as follows ; 

Here lie the bodys of Morris Wogan, Esq,, 

And Frances Owen, of Orielton, his wife. 

Which Morris was son of Sir John Wogan the younger. 

As also Abraham Wogan, esq. and Jane Mansell of Margam his wife, 

And also Lewis Wogan esq. 

And Katharine Phillips, of Cardigan Priory, his wife, 

And also fourteen of their children. 

One daughter was buried at St. Brides. 

The said Lewis Wogan died March 25, 1692, 

Leaving behind him Anne, his only child and sole heiress 

Married the 26th of December, 1698, to John Laugharne of St Brides, 

In this county esq. 

Who caused this monument to be erected. 

(From Fenton's Pembrokeshire.) 

* About this time there were several John Laugharne's living near Haverford- 
west; John Laugharne, M. P., of St. Bride'sand Boulston, was a man of great wealth. 
He owned estates from Haverfordwest to Carmarthen, sixty miles in extent; he also 
owned St. David's, and a number of estates in different parts of Wales. It was the 
boast of this family that they "could travel from sunrise to sunset on their own 
land," and that was before the days of steam cars and automobiles, but in time of 
the more stately and slowly moving coach and six. 

This John Laugharne died in 1714, and his estate was eventually divided among 
three co-heiresses, his sisters. 

The pedigree of this family is a noted one. Mark Twain in his story of " The 
Death Disk " in the Christmas Harper, 1901. gives the story (with slight changes), of 
Major General Laugharne, the grandfather of John Laugharne. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMILY 191 

David and Mary Laugharne Malsby attended Horsham 
Meeting. 

Horsham Meeting was established 24th of 7th mo., 1716. At first 
meetings were held only in the winter season. 

On 27th of 3d mo., 1719, Hannah, widow of Samuel Carpenter, by a 
deed of trust conveyed 50 acres of land for the use of Friends, on which 
the Meeting House was built, probably in 1721. In 1724 assistance was 
asked from Abington, Germantown, and Byberry, to build a house on the 
other side of the road. It was completed in 1724, and stood until 1803, 
when the present building was erected. 

II. (7.) David Malsby, born 1 mo. 20, lUh died after 
1781 ; m. Mary Laugharne. The children of David and 
Mary Laugharne Malsby, as far as known, were : 

23. Mary Malsby, b. 9 mo. 25, 1746, in Moreland Manor, Philadelphia, 
Montgomery Co. , Pa. ; died 2 mo. 3, 1822, and was buried in the 
Eastern District burying ground (Old Town, or Aisquith Street, 
Baltimore); married about 1761 to James Hicks, of Harford Co., 
Md., born 2 mo. 2, 1736; d. 11 mo. 19, 1808, and was buried at Lit- 
tle Falls, Harford Co., Md.H Children : 

54. Susanna, b. 2 mo. 22, 1762.1 

55. Ann, b. 12 mo. 31, 1763.1f 

56. Mary, b. 3 mo. 31, 1766.1f 

57. James, b. 6 mo. 26, 1767. 

58. Jane, b. 2 mo. 15, 1770.11 

59. David, b. 3 mo. 15, 1774.11 

60. Bathsheba, b. 4 mo. 15, 1776.11 

61. Henry, b. 5 mo. 6, 1779. 

62. Tamar, b. 6 mo. 19, 1781.1f 

63. James Hicks, b. 4 mo. 22, 1786.11 

Mary Hicks, widow of James Hicks, m. Enoch Gray, of New Garden, 
Chester Co., Pa. 

24. David Malsby, born 6 mo. 14, 1750, in Moreland Manor, Mont- 
gomery Co., Pa.; died 3 mo. 17, 1830; m. Sarah Reese, 1779; b. 10 
mo. 1, 1752 ; d. 4 mo. 8, 1528. Both buried at Little Falls, Md.H 
Children : 

64. Morris, b. 12 mo. 24, 1779.11 

65. Mary, b. 6 mo. 22, 1781.11 

66. Katherine, b. 6 mo. 25, 1782.11 

67. Pamela, b. 6 mo. 10, 1785. 

68. Sarah, b. 7 mo. 1, 1787. 

69. John, b. 4 mo. 19, 1789. 

70. Frances, b. 12 mo. 11, 1794.11 



192 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

25. John Laugharne Malsby, b. 9 mo. 17, 1753, in Moreland Manor, 
Philadelphia Co., Pa.; d. 9 mo. 10, 1785, and was buried at Aisquith 
Street, Baltimore ; m. Mary Starr before 3 mo. 15, 1781, at Pipe 
Creek. H Children : 

71. Rachel, b. 2 mo. 3, 1782. 

72. David, b. 5 mo., 10, 1784.11 

73. Mary, b. 2 mo. 28, 1786.11 

Mary Malsby, widow of John Laugharne Malsby, married Richard 
Webb, of Deer Creek M. M., Harford Co., Md., about 10 mo. 1798. 

26. Tamar Malsby, b. 1753 ; d. 1803 ; m. James Parr, b. 1 mo. 15, 
1750; d. April [?], 1789. 2nd, Dr. Lostater.H Children: 

74. John, b. Jan. 1, 1778. 

75. David, b. Feb. 27, 1786.11 

76. Elisha, b. Aug. 27, ^.H 

27. Wheeler Malsby, b. , d. 5 mo. 18, 1830, and was buried at 

Little Falls, Harford Co., Md. He never married. If 

28. Frances Malsby, b. 12 mo. 19, 1761, in Baltimore Co., Md.; d. 5 
mo. 24, 1843; m, Samuel McConnell, 11 mo. 2, 1797, who was born 
1 mo. 2, 1762 ; died 7 mo. 18, 1844, and were both buried at Forest 
Hill, Harford Co., Md.H Children: 

77. Mary, b. 1 mo. 24, 1799.11 

78. James, b. 10 mo. 14, 1801. If 

29. Angehna Malsby, b. 1764, in Baltimore Co., Md.; d. 2 mo. 23, 
1814 ; m. James Orr, 3 mo. 5, 1789. They had no children. 



VII 

CHILDREN OF DAVID AND MARY LAUGH ARNE 

MALSBY 

" And still within our valleys here 
We hold the kindred title dear, 
Even vi^hen, perchance, its far-fetched claim 
To Southern ears sounds empty name; 
For course of blood, our proverbs deem. 
Is warmer than the mountain stream." 

—Scott. 
Mary Malsby Hicks 

JAMES HICKS, son of Henry and Mary Hicks, was born 
on Hicks' Adventure Farm, Baltimore Co., Md., Feb- 
ruary 2, 1736. He was twenty-five years old when 
David and Mary Laugharne Malsby moved into Maryland and 
bought from his brother Laban Ogg, alias Hicks ; the farm 
of Henry Hicks; and one year later, in 1761, he was married 
to their oldest daughter, Mary, a handsome willful girl of 
fifteen years, who had inherited from her mother, Mary 
Laugharne, a fondness for a gayer life than she found in this 
little settlement in the forest's edge. 

Tradition says that in those early years of their married 
life they held slaves, and that Mary "on occasions" had a 
little negro page to carry her train. 

For ten years they led as gay a life as the surroundings 
permitted, and then we are told that one morning, as Mary 
dressed for church and James and her brother, John Laug- 
harne, waited at the gate with horses ready saddled for the 
ride, there came a voice to her, saying, "Mary, go to Friends' 
Meeting today." So sure was she that someone spoke that 
she turned, saying, "Is that you, James ?" but there was no 
one there. She stood again before her mirror, and again 
came the voice, "Go to Friends' Meeting today," and again 
she looked with surprise to see no one there, and from the 

(193) 



194 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

window saw the impatient horses pawing at the gate. A 
third time came the command, and slowly descending the 
stairs she at last appeared at the gateway with the announce- 
ment, ' 'We will go to Friends' Meeting today, James. ' ' ' 'And 
where is the Friends' Meeting, Mary?" he asked. "I do not 
know, but the horses will perhaps take us there, ' ' she ven- 
tured. So mounting, they rode off through the forest, cross- 
ing the little stream called the High Bridge, and slowly 
climbing the Duncale hill; and before very long came to a 
little log meeting-house in the woods (Fallston or Little Falls) , 
around which one more used to its appearance on First-day 
would have noted an unusual gathering, which in this in- 
stance betokened the visit of a noted minister of the 
gospel. 

Our little party entered, and soon the minister rose in 
the stillness, and, when he spoke of one to whom the voice of 
the Lord had spoken that morning and led to worship with 
them and for whom he was given a message, Mary list- 
ened and found it was for her. 

So much tradition has told us, and now we again turn to 
facts. 

From the records of Gunpowder Monthly Meeting we 
read: 

' '5th month 26th, 1773. James Hicks and his wife Mary, ' ' 
etc. 

One more glimpse of Mary's impetuous character 
comes to us by tradition, that after joining Meeting she 
gathered her baby clothes, on which much work, expense and 
extra length had been lavished, and carried them to the open 
fire, threw them on it, and burned them all up. 

And now from this time on we are entirely dependent on 
records for the life of James and Mary Hicks. 

Both were active workers in the Meeting, and James an 
influential man in the neighborhood; and later during his hfe 
in "Baltimore Town," where they moved prior to 1792, 
we find him frequently acting as security, settling es- 
tates, etc. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 195 

We can best give an idea of the times in which they hved 
and the work they were called to do, by copying some of the 
many entries from the records of Gunpowder Monthly Meet- 
ing during a number of years. 

From the Minutes of Gunpowder Monthly Meeting 
5th mo. 26th, 1773. —James Hicks and his wife Mary and John Laug- 
han Malsby having been for some time past under care of Little Falls, 
and agreeable to request, are received as members. 

And from the womens' minutes: Mary Hicks and Constancy Lan- 
caster appeared here and having requested to be joined in membership 
with Friends, they having been under Friends' care for some consider- 
able time past, their lives and conversation appearing orderly and having 
the approbation of the brethren, they are by this Meeting received as 
members. 

9, 20, 1774. —Agreeable to request of James Hicks and wife Mary, 
their children are received as members of our Society, namely : Susanna, 
Ann, Mary, James, Jane, and David. 

3, 30, 1776. — James Hicks is appointed overseer. 

9, 20, 1776. — Elisha Tyson and Mary Amos oifering intentions of 
marriage, Wm. Brigs and James Hicks are appointed to make necessary 
inquiries, etc. 

1, 25, 1777. —James Hicks and Jno. Malsby appointed to visit Job 
Spencer. 

4, 25, 1777. — This meeting has received amount of Divers Friends' 
Sufferings. 

Suffering to the amount of £155 lis 6d, whose names and sums as- 
signed is as follows : 

James Hicks, £7. 

4, 25, 1777.— James Hicks appointed to prepare a certificate of re- 
moval. 

3, 20, 1776.— Report being made that John and B F 

hath taken the Test which contains Principles Inconsistant with our Re- 
ligious Peacable Professions, James Hicks and Wm. Briggs are appointed 
to Treat with them. 

2, 25, 1778. — B F., Sr., intends to appeal to the Quarterly Meet- 
ing. Therefore this Meeting appoints James Hicks, Wm. Bull, etc., to 
attend that meeting with a copy of minutes. 

10, 31, 1778. — James Hicks and Joseph Dyer appointed to prepare 
some lines for a certificate for Wm. Briggs to Wrights Town. 

7, 29, 1780. — James Hicks and John Mason are appointed to draw a 
few lines to testify against J. L for going out in marriage. 

11, 25, 1780. — Agreeable to the advice of our last Yearly Meeting we 
appoint James Hicks, John Mason, and Joseph Dyer to inspect into the 



196 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

state of the negroes, whether in a state of Bondage or Freedom, and to 
assist and advise as they may find occasion. This meeting being small 
we refer it to our next M. Meeting for an addition thereto. 

At the next M. Meeting Thomas Matthews and John Price, jun., are 
added to the committee and John Mason released. They are to report 
when called on. 

3, 31, 1781. — Friends of Baltimore request leave to have an after- 
noon meeting at their Meeting house in Baltimore Town. We appoint the 
following Friends to meet with them on First day afternoon : Jacob 
Johnson, Wm. Amos, Sn'., James Hicks and Moses Dillon, and report 
their sense thereof to next Monthly Meeting. 

4, 28, 1781. — James Hicks is appointed representative to Quarterly 
Meeting. 

7, 28, 17S1. — Sarah R hath been guilty of dancing 

we therefore appoint Moses Dillon and James Hicks in company with 
Women Friends to visit her, etc. 

1, 26, 1782. — James Hicks and Moses appointed to draw up some 
lines against the misconduct of Sarah R . 

1, 26, 1782. — The Friends appointed to draw lines against the conduct 

of A L , W S , and Sarah N , have produced them, they 

are approved and put into the hands of James Hicks in order to be read 
at the Close of a Public Meeting at Little Falls if they don't incline to 
appeal, etc. 

2, 23, 1782.— Case of Friends of Baltimore Town. Ruth H , Mary 

B and William W , hath gone out in marriage from amongst us, 

etc. James Hicks and others appointed. 

3, 30, 1782. — The Friends appointed to draw some lines to Testify 

against the conduct of Ruth H , Mary B , and Wm. W , have 

produced them to this meeting and they are approved and put into the 
hands of James Hicks to have them read at the close of a Publick meeting 
where they have resided, if they don't incline to appeal, acquaint them of 
that privilege, serve them with coppies if they desire it and return s'^ 
papers to our next meeting. 

5, 25, 1782. — Friends appointed in the case of B and N L 

report they visited them; it being no satisfaction this meeting therefore 
appoints James Hicks and Moses Dillon to produce some lines to Testify 
against their evil conduct, etc. 

At the next meeting, 6, 29, 1782, we find that as James Hicks has 
neglected to return the testification he is desired to return it at our next 
meeting. 

6, 29, 1782.— John Sharp requests a certificate to Deer Creek M. M. 
James Hicks and Moses Dillon are appointed to prepare some lines for 
that purpose if after enquiring nothing appears to obstruct. 



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9, 28, 1782.— This meeting informed that M R hath been 

guilty of dancing. James Hicks and David Lee are appointed to treat 
with him, etc. 

10, 26, 1782. —James Hicks is appointed to attend Quarterly Meeting. 

10, 24, 1782.— This Meeting being informed that Henry C hath 

for a long time neglected the attendance of our Religious Meetings and 
frequenting places of diversion, as also making too free use of spiritous 
Liquor, in which case this Meeting appoints James Hicks and Moses Dil- 
lon to treat with him, if they can get an opportunity, if not to draw a 
Testification against him and produce at next meeting. 

Little Falls, 1, 25, 1783.— This Meeting informs that Hester D 

hath married contrary to good order amongst Friends by the help of a 
Hireling Minister and to a man not of our society. We therefore ap- 
point James Hicks and Joseph Townsend to draw a few lines in order to 
Testify against her misconduct and produce at our next M. M. 

1783. — A testimony produced against Eliza W — - for holding a negro 
in slavery, etc. 

7, 26, 1783.— Little Falls M. M. William Bull and James Hicks ap- 
pointed with Abraham Scott in Philip H.'s case. 

These are perhaps sufficient to show something of the 
life and work of James Hicks. Opening next a book of the 
minutes of the Women's Meeting, we copy a few pages re- 
lating to Mary Hicks, whose name occupied an equally promi- 
nent part in that meeting, but in those days only a part of 
the business came before the Women's Meeting. 
From the Women's Minutes of Gunpoivder Monthly Meeting 

5, 26, 1787. — Elkridge Preparative Meeting proposes to unite the two 
meetings, and Mary Hicks and Mary Malsby are appointed on the com- 
mittee in regard to it. 

7, 28, 1787. —Mary Hicks is appointed a representative. Mary 
Hicks and Jane Wilson are appointed to prepare a certificate for Ann 
Moore to Buckingham. 

12, 29, 1787. — Mai-y Hicks was absent and no reasons were given. 

1, 26, 1788. — Mary Hicks gave her reasons for not attending last 
meeting, which were satisfactory. Mary Hicks, Mary Malsby and 
others are appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting. 

6, 28, 1788. — Mary Hicks is representative. 

11, 29, 1788. — Mary Hicks and Mary Price to visit for accom- 
plishing her marriage contrary to discipline and deviating from our prin- 
ciples in dress and address. 

2, 28, 1789.— Mary Hicks representative. 

1, 30, 1790.— Mary Hicks is appointed on the committee to look after 
the poor. 



198 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

1, 30, 1790. — Mary Hicks was appointed to make inquiry respecting 
the clearness of Margaret Dukehart. 

4, 24, 1790. —Mary Hicks representative. 

7, 31, 1790. — Mary Hicks representative but was not present, but a 
good reason for her absence was given. 

2, 25, 1792. — Elizabeth H disowned for being married by a hire- 
ling minister. Mary Hicks was appointed to visit her. 

About 1792 James and Mary Hicks removed to Baltimore 
Town. 

Amongst the original members of Baltimore, from estab- 
lishment of the Meeting, 11, 23, 1792, were: 

George and Susannah Harris and two children: Mary and 
Beulah; 

James Hicks and Mary his wife, and seven children: Ann, 
Mary, Jane, Bathsheba, Henry, Tamar, and James. 

The total number enrolled was 234. 

The number of '"single men" and "single women" was 
given, and "apprentice lads" numbering ten. 

1, 10, 1805. — A certificate for James Hicks and Mary his wife is 
given by Baltimore Monthly Meeting to Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, 
and also one for their daughter Bathsheba. 

3, 12, 1805. —A certificate for James Hicks, Jr., to Monallen Monthly 
Meeting. 

When James and Mary Hicks settled in Baltimore Town, 
they brought with them six of their little family: Ann, Mary, 
Jane, Bathsheba, Henry and Tamar. James, the youngest, 
was born here; they had buried a child of that name at Little 
Falls. 

Susanna, the eldest daughter, was already married for 
the second time, and she with her husband, George Harris, and 
children, Mary and Beulah, are also members of the new 
Meeting in Baltimore Town. 

David had remained at home on the Duncale farm, with 
perhaps his uncle Wheeler to take charge of that and the 
mill there, as we find no record of his coming to Baltimore. 

The Hicks home was No. 5 South High Street, and No. 7 
was the cabinet maker's shop of Hicks and Low. 



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The deed or lease is made out for lot 63 on the original plat. Front- 
ing on High St., 95 feet, back 166 feet to Lane's alley. Leased Jan. 23d, 
1795, for 99 years, to be renewed from time to time, forever. This was 
subject to a yearly rent of £2i current money and taxes. 

About eighty years ago (1822), there was standing on 
this ground an old-fashioned white-cast house with dormer 
windows, and it was here most hkely that James and Mary 
Hicks lived for thirteen years. 

High Street in those days was filled with roomy old- 
fashioned houses, where many of the Friends lived. 

In 1805, with failing health, James longs for the quiet of 
his country home; and the family, now reduced to four, re- 
quest their certificates back to Gunpowder Monthly Meeting. 
James, Mary, and their daughter Bathsheba return there, 
where their son David is probably living, and James, Jr. , a 
physician, decides at the last moment to go to Monallen. 

James Hicks died the 19th of 11th month, 1808, and was 
buried at Little Falls. 

Reading between the lines of his last will, we see that the 
other daughters have no doubt been provided with their por- 
tion when they married, and now his first provision is for 
Bathsheba, in whose bequest we are much interested. 

The comfortable maintenance of his beloved wife is pro- 
vided for, and his two sons-in-law, George Harris and Joseph 
McCoy, are appointed his executors. 

At Mary's death, Ann McCoy, whose husband was better 
supplied with this world's goods than the husbands of the 
other daughters, gets but one-half as much as they. 

But the will is an interesting one, clear, concise, and 
business-like, and we copy it in full. 

Will of James Hicks 
Ninth month, 12th day, one thousand eight hundred and eight : I 
JamesHicks of Harford County in the state of Maryland being favored 
with my natural reason and memory do for the better setling of my tem- 
poral affairs and the disposing of the estate wherewith I am blessed 
withall, make, ordain, constitute and appoint this my last will and Testa- 
ment, revoking and hereby disannulling all other and former Wills and 
Testaments at any time before by me made, ratifying and confirming 
this only as my last will and Testament in manner and form following : — 



200 IHE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Imprimis. My desire is that all my just debts be paid by my exec- 
utors hereafter named. 

Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Bathsheba one brown 
colt between 3 & 4 years old, one side saddle and one bridle, one feather 
bed and furniture thereunto belonging, also four bed quilts, one breakfast 
table, six winsor chairs and one bureau. 

Item. My will and desire is that all the remainder of my real and 
personal Estate except an annuity of sixteen dollars and sixty-seven 
cents on two lots of Ground on High street in the City of Baltimore 
should be sold and that all the money arising therefrom and also all the 
money due to my estate over and above a sufficiency for the payment of 
my just debts may be disposed of in the purchase of Bank Stock and that 
the sales be made at such time as my Executors and Mary Hicks my wife 
shall think best. 

Item. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Hicks the above 
described annuity of $16.67 to her or her heii-s or assigns for ever. I also 
give and bequeath to my said wife Mary all the interest or dividends 
which may arise from the above named Bank stock during her natural 
life. 

It is also my will and desire that if the interest or dividends of the 
said bank stock should not be considered by my Executors to be sufficient 
for my said wife's comfortable maintenance that then they should sell 
such parts of said stock which they may believe to be necessary for the 
said purpose of maintenance, and render unto her the money obtained by 
such sale or sales. 

Item,. It is further my will and desire that all that shall remain of 
my estate at the Decease of my wife should be disposed of in the follow- 
ing manner. To wit: That my daughter Ann McCoy shall have one six- 
teenth part thereof and that the residue be Equally Divided amongst my 
other seven children, namely, Susanna, Mary, Jane, David, Bathsheba, 
Tamar and James. 

And lastly, I constitute and appoint my two friends George Harris 
and Joseph McCoy my whole and sole Executors of this my last Will and 
Testament, and my will and desire is that my said Executors will admin- 
ister on my Estate; in witness whereof I do to this present writing set my 
hand and affix my seal the day and year above written. 

James Hicks [seal]. 

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, Pronounced and declared by the said 
James Hicks for his last will and Testament before us the subscribed 
Witnesses: 

Benjamin Benson, 
John Norris, 
John S. Whitaker. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 201 

Harford County Sct. 

The 13th day of December, 1808, there came Joseph McCoy who pro- 
duced the within Instrument of Writing and one of the Executors within 
named, and being one of the people called Quakers did solemnly, sincerely 
and truly affirm and declare that this Will has been in possession of 
George Harris and this deponent since the decease of James Hicks the 
testator therein named and that it is the true and whole last Will and 
Testament of the said Testator that hath come to his possession or 
knowledge and that he doth not know of any other. 

Certified by Abr'" Jarre tt R.W.H.C.Z. 
Harford County Sct. [?] 

The 13"' day of December 1808 There came Benjamin Benson one of 
the subscribing witnesses to the within last Will and Testament of James 
Hicks late of Harford County Deceased and being one of the people call- 
ed Quakers did solemnly sincerely and truly affirm and Declare: at the 
same time came John Norris and John S. Whitaker the two other sub- 
scribing witnesses to said Will and made oath on the holy evangels of 
Almighty God that they did see the Testator herein named sign and seal 
this Will, that they heard him publish pronounce and declare the same to 
be his last Will and Testament. That he was at the time of his so doing 
to the best of their apprehensions of sound and disposing mind memory 
and understanding and that they severally subscribed their names as 
witnesses to this Will in the presence and at the request of the Testator 
and in the presence of each other. 

Certified by Abr" Jarrett R.W.H.C.Z. 
E*. by A. J. 

(Harford Co. Wills, Y, 193). 

Of the ten children of James and Mary Hicks, James 
died young, Henry at eighteen; James, Jr., left no children, 
and David never married; so today of their descendants not 
one bears the name of Hicks. 

Of the daughters, Susanna married twice and left chil- 
dren; Jane married twice and left children; and Ann was 
twice married but left no descendants. These families were 
and their descendants have continued Friends down to the 
present time, with few exceptions. 

The other daughters, Mary, Bathsheba, and Tamar, were 
disowned for marriage to those not members of the Society. 
Bathsheba protested, but in vain. 

Indeed, in looking over the old records, we marvel that 
any members remained, and cannot but feel that they were 
dealt with in an unnecessarily arbitrary manner. 



202 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 



But the Friends clung then as now to their birthright, 
and were often reinstated in membership. 

Four of the daughters were twice married; and one who 
knew them and who Hves today says they were handsome 
women. No doubt the air of romance that hung around the 
family, and visions of the Welsh fortune, brought suitors in 
numbers to their feet. 

For these were the years when Churchman, with power- 
of-attorney in pocket, was supposed to be collecting that 
wonderful fortune in Wales. 

After Bathsheba's marriage, the mother, Mary, again re- 
moves to Baltimore (3, 28, 1810), this time to the Western 
District and probably to the home of Ann McCoy on West 
German Street, near the new Lombard Street Meeting-house, 
but this was only temporarily, for on the 17th of 4th mo. , 
1811,- 

Mary, the widow of James Hicks, was married to Enoch Gray of 
New Garden, Chester Co., Pa. The certificate states "with consent of 
parties concerned," and "at a public Meeting held at Lombard Street " — 
the fourth marriage in the new Meeting house. 

The following is the list of signers to the certificate: 



Isaac Underwood 
Geo. Harris, Jr. 
Jesse Cook 
Mary Cook 
Joseph Stapler 
Jacob Mendenhall 
Hannah Stapler 
John Mitchel 
Rebecca Webster 
Izak Proder 
Thomas Ellicott 
James Gillingham 
John Marsh 
Gerard Hopkins 
Hugh Balderson 
Wm. Gillingham 
Geo. Gillingham 
John Nicholson 
Andrew McCoy 
Samuel Byrnes 



Hicks Harris 
Daniel Sitler 
Robert Johnson 
Ann McCoy 
Joseph McCoy 
Tamar Sitler 
Beulah Harris 
James Underwood 
Sarah Webster 
Eliza Marsh 
Mary Hopkins 
Ann Waterhouse 
Martha McCoy 
Elizabeth Swain 
Isaac McCoy 
Thomas Buller 
Grace Knox 
Rebecca Proctor 
Mary M. Ellicott 
Deborah Hopkins 



George Harris 
Enoch Gray, Junr. 
Enoch Underwood 
Mary Tyson 
Susannah Harris 
Mary Harris 
Henry James 
Moriah Cook 
Tacy Mitchel 
Priscilla Bull 
Ruthy Byrnes 
Eliz. Comfort 
Mary McCoy 
Hannah Byrnes 
Wm. Haywood 
Nathan Sheppard 
Hannah Marsh 
Rachel Thomas 
Eliz. Ridgood 
Elizabeth Robertson, Sr. 



To New Garden M. M. in Pennsylvania: 

Esteemed Friends: — Mary Gray having settled within the limits of 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 203 

your Meeting Certificate and requested our in order to be joined to you, 
this is to certify on her behalf that she hath been of an orderly life and 
conversation, a dilligent attender of our Meetings and hath settled her 
outward affairs to satisfaction, as a member we recommend her to your 
Christian care and remain your friends. 

Signed in and on behalf of Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the West- 
ern District held 6, 12, 1811. 

IzAK Proctor, Clerk 
Grace Knox 

On Fourth month 19th, 1819, we have one more ghmpse 
of Mary Gray, when she again comes to Baltimore and is pres- 
ent at the second marriage of Ann McCoy to Isaac Wilson, of 
Belmont Co., Ohio. 

Again we find that on the 6th of 1st month, 1820, Mary 
Gray requests of New Garden M. Meeting a certificate to 
Baltimore, which is granted and sent the following month. 

The last years of her life were spent in Baltimore, among 
children and friends. 

Two years later the executors of James Hicks close their 
accounts. Mary Gray was now sleeping the last sleep in 
the graveyard of the Eastern District, beside her brother 
John. She died 3d of 2nd mo. , 1822, aged 77 years. 

No family Bible has been found to this date, but the 
family is now so very widely scattered that this is not sur- 
prising. 

Some years ago, a copy of Job Scott's works, containing 
the family records, was in possession of Harris Graham; but 

it too has disappeared. 

One volume of the library of James Hicks is in possess- 
ion of the writer, in which his name is inscribed in a firm, 
clear hand, and the book. Volume I of George Fox's Journal, 
is designated as ' 'No. 6. ' ' 




o/pnej 




James Hicks rests in the shadow of the Fallston (Little 
Falls) Meeting-house, but no stone marks his grave. 



204 IHE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Mary Malsby Gray's Last Will and Testament 

In the name of God, Amen: I Mary Gray of the city of Baltimore, 
being now sick and infirm but of sound disposing mind and memory, do 
constitute and make the following my last Will and Testament, Viz. : 

I desire my friends to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses, then 
I give and devise my property in the following manner: 

To my son David Hicks I give the sum of one hundred and ten dollars 
to be paid to him at any time after the expiration of twelve months 
after my decease. 

To my son James Hicks I give and bequeath the like sum of one hun- 
dred and ten dollars to be paid to him in the above like manner. It is 
to be understood and I hereby direct that ten dollars of each of the above 
legacies is to be taken out of their sister Jane's share to be hereafter de- 
vised to her. 

I win and give to my daughter Susan Harris my silver temple spec- 
tacles. 

I will and give to my daughter Ann Wilson my new long cloak, and 
to my daughter Bathsheba Johnson my large looking glass. 

All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, I will and devise 
to be equally divided between my six daughters, namely: Susana Harris, 
Ann Wilson, Mary Underwood, Jane Cook, Bathsheba Johnson and 
Tamar Sitler. 

Whereas I have lent to my Grandson Jesse Cook, the sum of ten 
dollars since he has been in Baltimore, I direct that the same be taken 
out of the Legacy willed to his mother together with the aforesaid 
twenty dollars devised to my two sons. 

Whereas I have at different times loaned to my two sons-in-law 
Daniel Sitler and Robert Johnson small sums of money, yet unpaid, I 
hereby give them the said sums and request of my Executors to make 
no demands of them, it being understood I give up the same to them and 
their families. 

I request that my two daughters Susana tiarris and Ann Wilson 
shall have a full and discretionary power to divide and distribute accord- 
ing to the best of their Judgment all my Cloathing and household goods, 
in conformity to my intentions and devises in this will. 

I hereby appoint and constitute Isaac Wilson and George Harris my 
Executors of this my last Will and Tpstament, revoking all others here- 
tofore made. Witness my hand and seal this 30th day of January, 1822. 

her 

Mary X Gray. 
Witnesses mark 

And. Warfield. 

Ezra Gillingham. 

Jesse H. Cook. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 205 

On the second day of March, 1822, came Anderson Warfield one of the 
subscribing evidences to the aforegoing last will and Testament of Mary 
Gray late of said County deceased and made oath on the Holy Evangel of 
Almighty God, and on the same day of the said month in the year afore- 
said came Ezra Gillingham one other of the subscribing evidences there- 
unto and solemnly declared and affirmed that they did see the Tes- 
tatrix sign and seal this Will, that they heard her publish pronounce and 
declare the same to be her last Will and Testament, that at the time of 
her so doing she was to the best of their apprehensions of sound and dis- 
posing mind memory and understanding and that they together with 
Jesse H. Cook the other subscribing evidence thereto subscribed their 
names as witnesses to this will in her presence at her request, and in the 
presence of each other. 

Test: Wm. Buchanan, Regs. 

Sworn to in open Court. 

(Bait. Wills, B. 11, folio 387.) 

For some years James Hick was one of the City Com- 
missioners—being Superintendent of Streets. 

The members of the Corporation of the City of Baltimore: 
Superintendent of Pumps 
Harbor Master 
Collector 

Superintendent of Streets 
City Constable 
Supt. mud machine. 

First Records of Baltimore Town and Jones Town, 1729-1797 

Bait., 31 of Oct., 1796. 
Commissioners Met:— 

Com. of Bait, being called on by James Hicks to fix and Establish 
high and Low streets at their North and West Intersections and having 
Measur'd the streets and Lotts adjoining found the North and West Cor- 
ners of the house standing at the Corner of Lott No. 62, owned by Fred. 
Hansbaugh and occupied by Jas. Renshaw, is the Intersection of said 
streets, etc. 

Mayor and City Council. 

James Hicks owned at time of his death two tracts of 
land, "Small," 20 acres, and Doncale, 80>2 acres, on Win- 
ters' Run. 

Children of James and Mary Hicks were : — 

54. Susanna, born 22d 2 mo., 1762; died 8 mo. 5, 1823.11 

55. Ann, born 31st 12 mo., 1763; died 4 mo,, 1851.Tf 

56. Mary, born 31st 3 mo., 1766.T1 

57. James, born 26th 6 mo., 1767; died an infant. 



206 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

58. Jane, born 15th 2 mo., 1770; died 28th 1 mo., 1849.1 

59. David, born 15th 3 mo., 1774. | 

60. Bathsheba, born 15th 4 mo., 1776.TI 

61. Henry, born 6th 5 mo., 1779; died 11th 4 mo., 1797. 

62. Tamar, born 19th 6 mo., 1781.1 

63. James, bom 22nd 4 mo., 1786.1 

The Hicks Family 
These few records relating to the Hicks family (Henry 
the father, and William the grandfather of James Hicks) are 
given to show the difference at that early day between exist- 
ing conditions north and south of Mason's and Dixon's line — 
the Quakers on the north, the planters on the south. 

The name Hicks originated as a nickname, a form of Richard. 

The Hicks family were large land holders* in Maryland, receiving 
many early grants from Lord Baltimore. For a grant of land called 
Speedwell, of a hundred acres more or less, in St. Maries Co., John Hicks 
was to pay in the City of St. Maries, at the two most usual feasts of the 
year, viz.. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, and the feast of St. 
Michael the Archangel, the rent of two shillings sterling in silver or 
Gold. 

"Witness our dear son, Chas. Calvert, Esq. 

COECELIUS." 

Baltimore County Rent Rolls t 
400 acres, yr. rent, ;^0, 16 s., Op. Friendship, surveyed 7th May, 
1689, for Mich" Judd, on y'' N. Side Gunpowder, at a Bo^ Ro'* Oak pofs^ 

Wm. Hicks. 
Know all men by these P'esnts That I Mich. Judd of Bait. Co. in the 
Province of Maryland am holden and firmly bound unto W"" Hicks of the 
aforesaid County and Province planter in the full and Just Sume and 
Quantity of five Thousand pounds of Good Sound Merchantable leafe 
Tobacco in Casque to Contain the Same, to be paid unto the aforesaid 

William Hicks his heirs Ex. To the which payment to be well and 

truly made I doe hereby bind myself, etc. 4 day ffeb. Annoq. Dom. 
1696/7. 

DEED 

This Indenture made 24th day of February in the eighth year of the 

Reign of our Soverign Lord King William the Third C And in the year 

of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and ninety six Between 

*The old property names are interesting. These are some of the names of the 
Hicks grants:— .Speedwell, Poplarnook, Hicks Discovery, Hicks Field, Levin Hicks 
Chance, Cow Lane, Levin Hicks' Lot, Bear Quarter, Brother's Adventure, United 
Friendship, Privilige, Hicks Forest, Roger Hioks' Intent, Hicks Adventure, Hicks 
Hazard, etc. 

fNew rent roll: former rent, 2 s. per hundred acres. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 207 

Michael Judd & Jane his wife of Bait. Co. Province of Maryland and 
William Hicks of Same County and Province, planter, for consideration 
of the Sume of 2500 Pounds of Tobacco undertaken and secured to be 
well and Truly Paid at & before the sealing and Delivering of these 
Presents have granted absolutely, etc. * * * part and parcell of land 
Between Bush and Gunpowder River and called by the name of Friend- 
ship * * * whole tract being by estimate 400 acres, part of which 
(200 acres) formerly conveyed and sold to Wm. Hicks now conveyed to 
him the remaining half of 400 acres Bounds as follows: Beginning at a 
Bounded Red Oake standing by a small Branch descending into a branch 
called ff osters Branch and Running from the said Red Oake south and by 
east two hundred and 31 perches To a Bounded white Oake and standing 
by Springe places on the Head of a Creek Called Preston's Creek and 
running from thence East by north 280 perches and then Running North 
by west 231 perches and then running west by south to the first bounded 
tree Containing and laid out for 400 acres * * * . 

The rents and services thereof and of Right due and payable and ac- 
customed to be paid to the Chief Lord or Lords of the fee or Seignioritye 
thereof Alwayes Excepted and foreprized. 

Will of William Hicks 
In the name of God, Amen. I William Hicks of Baltimore Co. being 
very sick and weak of body but sound of mind and memory prayesed be 
to God for the same and considering the uncertainty of this Transotory 
life doe make this my last will and Testament following, viz. First I be- 
queath my Soul into the hands of Jesus Christ my Savior in hopes of a 
Joyfull Resurrection, my body I desire to be decently buried by my Ex- 
ecutors whome shall be hereafter mentioned. First, I desire that all my 
debts that I have Justly created may be duly paid and as for the Rest of 
my Temporall Estate that itt hath pleased God to bestow on me I give 
and boquath as followeth: as for my land that I live on I desire may be 
equally devided between my four sons namely, William, James, Nehemiah, 
and Henery, but I desire my son James may have that part next to 
Preston's Creek in his shear one other side the branch next the house. 
Item, I doe leave my wife Jane Hicks whole and Sole Executor of my 
Estate further I desire that none of my Sons before mentioned may live 
on the plantation without consent of my wife. Signed under my hand 
Seal the Eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord 1710. 

his 

William X Hicks. 

mark 
Testes: 

Jeremiah Downes, 

his 

John X Smart 

mark 



208 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

On the 30th December 1710 came Jeremiah Downes and John Smart 
two of the evidences to the within will and took there corporal oathes 
on the Holy Evangelist that they saw William Hicks Senr. sign, seale, 
and declare the within wrighting to bee his last will and testament and 

at the same time to the best of there knowledge of sound sence 

and memory. Sworn to before 

RiCHD. COLEGATE, 

dep. Comy. Baltimore Co. 
(Baltimore Wills, Book I, 44.) 

Carrol Lease 

1745. Charles Carrol leases to Henry Hicks, Chilmalira (or Clinmalira), 
a tract of one hundred and fifty acres in Baltimore Co., Md., To Henry 
Hicks and during the lives of James Hicks, Leban and Henry Hicks, sons 
of the aforesaid They yielding and paying therefore j'early unto said 
Charles Carroll, etc., on the first day of December the quantity of 900 
pounds of good clean merchantable tobacco, clear of trash and ground 
leaves, to be delivered at some convenient landing on Gunpowder River 
in convenient cask to contain the same, and also two good capons, if de- 
manded. First payment to be made Dec, 1746. 

He nor his heirs are allowed to sell or destroy timber. Nor shall suf- 
fer more hands to work and till the devised premises than himself his 
wije and children and two servants. If the children should be unable to 
work, then he is allowed to take three servants. Shall allow free use of 
spring on land to adjacent tenant, and if Charles Carroll . shall erect a 
grist mill on this or an adjacent tract, then they shall make use of this 
mill, and no other, at lawful and customary tole. 

Shall plant 150 good apple trees before 5 years; they shall be forty 
feet distant. Shall trim them and keep them in order, and enclose by a 
fence, and in default shall pay ^6 to the said Charles Carroll. 

Shall keep houses and plantation in good order, etc. 

September 17, 1745. 

(Baltimore Deeds, Book D, p. 425.) 

In reading this remarkable lease of Charles Carroll of Carrolton one 
goes back to the old Saxon days in England. But even in Saxon days 
they did not attempt to say this man and his wife and his children shall 
do this work, or they shall do it with the aid of so many servants. 

Henry Hicks was a planter— owning one-fourth of his father's plan- 
tation, 400 acres, and two hundred acres of land purchased, making a 
plantation of 300 acres. To this is added the lease from Charles Carroll 
of 150 acres. Five years later, in his will, he directs that this land 
(leased from Carroll) shall be sold, and the money equally divided 
amongst all his children. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 209 

Will of Henry Hicks 

In the name of God, Amen. I Henry Hicks of Baltimore County in 
the province of Maryland being weak and sore in body but in perfect 
mind and memory, Blesed be God therefore. But calling to mind the un- 
certain state of this transitory life do for the better regulating and Dis- 
posing of such Temporal Goods as it hath pleased God to Bless me with 
all, make and ordain Constitute and appoint this present writing to be 
my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say, 

Impris I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who 
gave it me and my Body to the Earth from whence it came to be Buried 
in a Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors. 

Item, I give and bequeath unto my Beloved friend William Robeson 
my Home plantation with a tract of Land called Hicks's Adventure and 
Eighty two acres of Land I bought of Tho' Bond part of Bond's forrests 
and Eighteen Acres reserve Land all adjoining to one another, to him 
his Heirs and assigns for Ever. 

Item, I leave my land and plantation in the forests y* I leased of 
Charles Carroll to be sold, and the money to be equally divided amongst 
all my children. 

Item, I give and bequeath unto Laban Hogg one Good Bede and fur- 
niture and one cow and calf and Heifer and three sows and piggs and 
three Ewes and one dish and six plates to him and his Heirs forever. 

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son James Hicks one desk to 
him and his heirs forever. 

Item, All the rest of my personable Estate of what nature or kind 
soever to be Equally Devided amongst my children share and share alike 
To Them their Heirs and assigns forever. 

Lastly I constitute my loving Wife and Labin Hogg to be my whole 
and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness where- 
of I have to this present writing containing one side and a piece of a side 
of half a sheet of paper set my hand and Fixed my seal this Twenty-fifth 
day of Augt. and in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred 
and Fifty one. Signed sealed published and acknowledged to be his last 
Will and Testament in the presence of 
Thos. Bond, Jun"^ 
Isaac Bull Henry X Hicks [seal] 

NEHEMIAH X Hicks. his mark 

his mark 

Baltimore County, Sep. 25, 175L 

Then came Tho'' Bond Jun"^ one of the people commonly called 
Quakers and on his Solemn Affirmation declares that he heard the Tes- 
tator acknowledge the Foregoing to be his last Will and Testament and 
that he subscribed his name as a witness there unto at the same time 



210 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Isaac Bull and Nehemiah Hicks the other two subscribing with witness 
to the foregoing Will Solemnly Sworne on the Holy Evangelist of Al- 
mighty God that they saw the Testator Henry Hicks seign the foregoing 
Will and heard him publish and declare the same to be his Last Will and 
Testament. That at the Time of his so doing he was to the best of all 
their apprehensions of sound and Disposing mind memory and that 
they subscribed their Respective names as Witnesses to the s'' Will at the 
request of the s' Testator. Before, 

William Young, 
D. Corny, Baltimore City. 
N. B. The wid" abides by what the Law gives her. 

(Baltimore Wills, Book 3, folio 415.) 

Baltimore County Nov. 27th 1753 Mary Hicks and Laban Ogg (Hicks) 
Executors of Henry Hicks late of the said County deceased made oath 
on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God that the within is a just and 
perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods and Chatties which were 
of the deceased that came to their hands at the time of the making 
thereof and that what hath since or shall hereafter come to their hands 
or possession they will return in an additional Inventory they know of 
no Concealment of any part or parcell thereof by any person whatsoever 
and if they shall discover any concealment or suspect any to be that they 
will acquaint the Commisary General for the time being or his deputy 
with such discovery or Cause of Suspicion that it may be Enquired into 
and that they will well and truley give an account of every part and 
parcell of the deceased's personall Estate that shall hereafter come to 
their hands or possession or Knowledge. 

Inventory of Henry Hicks 

An Inventory of the goods and Chatties rights and credits of Henry 
Hix late of Bait. Co., appraised by us the Subscribers in currency the 
2nd day of Dec, 1751. 

To his wearing apparil 

To hunting saddle and Bridle 

To 1 old gun 

To 2 Linnen wheels & wollen & hackle 

To 1 pair of pistols & holsters 

To 1 old Table 5 old Chairs 

To 1 small Looking Glass, 2 old chests 

To 1 feather bed w' 51 at 16 and blanket and 1 pair of sheets 

To 1 bed and rug 1 blankett and 2 Sheats 

To 1 small bed 2 old Blanketts 

To 3 old Bedsteads hyds and Cords 

To 1 old Course Table Cloth and Towel 



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To a parcell of Earthen and Glass ware 

To 1 Brass morter and pessel and candlestick 

To 1 old tea Kittle 

To 14 lbs. of best pewter 

To 38 lbs. of best pewter 

To a plow and Tackling 1 old Saddle 

To 3 knives and forks 1 p'' of old Shears 

To o Raw hydes & 2 sheep skins 

To 106 lb. of old Iron 

To 2 Bee hives 

To 10 Cyder Casks 1 powdering tub 1 corn barrel 

To 1 pr. of Small shoes 

To 21 lb. of wool @ 6 d 

To 1 old Grindstone 

To 1 weavers loom & Gears 

To 2 Small sows 

To 20 Shoats 

To 18 Small hogs 

To 1 Sifter and small parcell of Lumber 

To 1 Rasor and hoan 

To 1 Sorrel horse ;^8, to 1 small do ^5 

To 1 small mair £A To 1 young do £2 

To 1 Very old horse 

To 92 lbs of pott Iron 

To 5 Barrels of Indian Corn 



To 11 head of sheep at 8 / Each 

To a Small parcell of meat in the house 

To 2 old books to 1 pair of mall Buckles 

To b% yds. of Linsey Wolsey 

To 700=20" nails 

To 550=8" ditto 

To 1 old Cart 

To 38 bushells of Summer Wheat 

To 11 bushells of Beans 

To a parcell of unbroke flax & 1 sheet 

To 3 small hoggs 

To 3 Large Shotes 

To 5 Small d" 

To 6 Cows at /2. 10 Each 

To 3 Small Steears ;^1.10 each 

To 4 yearlings 

To 10 lb. of Sole Leather 

To 4 lbs of Curryed Leather 



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To 5 lb. of old pewter 

To a parcell of old hoes and axes 

To 1 old feather bed w' 54'" @ 1 / 

To 1 old negro woman 

To Iron pott 1 hook and 1 frying pan 

To 3 old Bells and Collers 

To Cash left by the deceased 

To 1572 lbs. Tobacco at 15 / p. hundred 

To 34 Barrells of Indian Corn 

To 65 Bushells of oats 1/6 per bushel 

To 2 Small Iron wedges 

To 20 lb. Sole Leather 

To 150 acres of Lease Land 

(from C. Carroll) Errors Excepted /219 12 11 

George Presbury [seal] 
Nath. Richardson [seal] 

Greatest Creditors of the deceased ] cSa^Ch^r^Jster for C. D. & Co. 

r his 

Nearest of Kin to the deceased { Nehemiah^X HiCKS 

[ Isaac Hicks 
Sworn before 

Wm. Young, 

Depty. Commissary Bait. Co'^. 
Inventories, Liber G 7, page 384 (Baltimore Records). 

Henry Hicks' s Mark 

In Book I S., No. G, page 5, containing records between the years 
1721-1724, we find the following: 

Henry Hicks his mark for Cattle and hoges Viz /a Cross C Under 
Squear. C Under Squeare in the Left Eare and Cross and under Sq. 
eare C'*". Slit in Right Eare. 

Henry Hicks, 
His mark for cattle and hogs. 

In the same book there is also the following obligation recorded: 

Elizabeth Hicks gives a Bright bay mare with star in forehead to 
Jane Cutchins, and the first colt that the said mare brings shall be given 
unto William Armstrong, son of John. Shall belong to Jane Cutchins 
her natural life, and after her death with all her offspring, excepting the 
aforesaid colt, to fall to Elizabeth Hicks, but in case the aforesaid Eliz. 
Hicks goe to Virginia after her marriage and return unto this Country 
again, then the mare shall be delivered to Elizabeth Hicks or her hus- 
band. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 213 

David Malsby, Jr. 

III. (24), David Malsby, Jr., eldest son and second child of 
David and Mary Laugharne Malsby, was born in More- 
land Manor, Philadelphia Co. (now Montg. Co.), Pa., the 
14th day of 6th mo. , 1750, and was ten years of age when 
the family settled near Forks Meeting House, Bait. Co. , 
Md. According to the records of Gunpowder Monthly 
Meeting, his request to become a member was granted, 
Nov. 24, 1773. 

Sarah Rees's certificate was received at Little Falls from 
Warrington M. M., 4 mo. 10, 1779, and at the same time 
the marriage intentions of David Malsby, Jr. , and Sarah 
Rees were read, and the marriage was reported, in due 
time, as accomplished. Their early home was near Falls- 
ton, and in 1792 David Malsby, Jr., buys of Chas. Baker 
for p^l20 in specie, 100 acres of land, part of a tract called 
Antioch, near Winter's Run. Here they probably lived 
until 1st mo. 9th, 1811, when their certificate was re- 
moved to Baltimore, Eastern District Meeting. They 
lived on Lexington St. , near Liberty, and remained there 
until 1814, when the family again returned to the Fallston 
neighborhood. 

While in Baltimore, Pamela died 5 mo. 13, 1811; and 
Sarah Conway, 2 mo. 19, 1812; and both were buried in 
Eastern District burying-ground. 

During the following years, as well as in those already 
past, we find frequent mention of David and Sarah in the 
Gunpowder and Little Falls records. 






Owing to there having been four David Malsby 's during 
many of these years, attending the same meetings, and 
buying land in the same county, we find it impossible to 



214 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

distinguish them, either in the meeting records, or in those 
of the land office, where their transactions are scattered 
through many volumes. We find: 

I. David Malsby, Sr. (the father), b. 1700, came to Maryland 1760, d. 

17 . 

II. David Malsby, Jr. (the son), b. 1750, died 1830. 

III. David Malsby (the grandson), b. 1784, moved to Indiana, 1834. 

IV. David Malsby, son of Wm. Malsby and Rosanna, and nephew of 
David, Sr., came to Maryland about 1784, died about 1805. Settled 
near Belair, Harford Co., Md. 

Sarah Rees Malsby, died 4th mo. 8th, 1828, aged 75 yrs., 6mos., 17 
days. 

David Malsby, Jr., died 3d mo. 17th, 1830, aged 80 years. 
And both were buried at Little Falls. 

In the letter of Frances Conway, she tells of her father 
having paid his passage money to England, but (and this 
is from another source) his wife was so loath to see him 
go, preferring to lose the prospective fortune rather than 
risk her husband to the uncertainties of an ocean voyage, 
that he altogether abandoned the idea of going. 

David and Wheeler Malsby died but two months apart. 
One who remembers them has said they were both worthy 
men, and both educated, which means, I suppose, a little 
better educated than the majority in those days. 

Friends' Records 

Nov. 24, 1773.— David Malsby, Jr., requests to be taken as a mem- 
ber of Little Falls, and the Meeting grants his request. 

4 mo. 25, 1777. — This meeting has rec'd amount of Divers Friends' 
Sufferings, assigned as follows: 

John and David Malsby, £14, 3— 20, 1778. A certificate is given 
David Malsby to join Deer Creek. 

2, 4, 1779. — Certificate for our antient Friend Jane Mason and David 

Maulsby was produced one from New Garden the other from Deer 

Creek M. M. 

The certificate of Sarah Rees from Warrington is received, and 
David Maulsby and Sarah Rees declare their intentions of marriage 
with each other. 

3, 27, 1784.— David Malsby, representative from Little Falls. 

5, 17, 1784.— David Malsby, representative at the M. M. at Gun- 
powder. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 215 

To Bait. M. Meeting, 2, 26, 1785, David Malsby of Little Falls is 
representative. 

25, 7 mo., 1810. —A certificate for David Maulsby, his wife and 
daughter produced, read, signed and directed to be recorded and for- 
warded, to Baltimore. 

The Will of David Maulsby, Jr. 

I, David Maulsby, of David, of Harford Co., Maryland, etc. 

Desire, will, etc., that * * * $400 from my personal property 
and from the sale of real estate be paid to my daughter Frances Conway 
and to my granddaughter Sarah Pamelia Conway. 

All the rest and residue of my estate I give and bequeath to my 
daughter Catharine Watkins and appoint my son-in-law William Conway 
my executor. David Maulsby.* 

Dec. 13, 1828. 
Witnesses, 

I. D. Maulsby 

Amas Waters 

Elizabeth McCausland 

Proved March 23d, 1830. 

But from the following record it seems that his son Morris acted as 
administrator: 

Estate of David Malsby, 

Morris Malsby, Administrator. 
March 10, 1830. 

Inventory, $1165.43^ 

Sales, $1175.47 

From Morris Maulsby 's acct. 
Estate of — 

David Malsby. 
Money paid Amos Benson for digging a vault grave, $ 2.50 
Coffin for David, 10.00 

Muslin Shroud, 3.64 

Coffin for Sarah, 10.00 

In a deed dated Oct. 7, 1804, sold by the executors of the Hall estate, 
a lot of land, 1 acre adjoining common, known as old court house, was 
sold to David Malsby, t Jr., highest bidder, for the sum of $800. 

The following is an incident told of one of the "Davids," 
probably David of David, or David of John Laugharne 
Malsby: 

* In the latter part of his life David spelled his name Maulsby. 
t This may be Israel David Maulsby. 



216 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Old David Malsby, a very plain straight old Friend, on 
his way to Quarterly Meeting at Fawn Grove, stopped over 
night at Nathan and Grace Pyle's, some hundred years ago. 
At supper, Friend Pyle pushed toward him a glass cup-plate 
that he had overlooked, saying, "Here is a plate for thy cup, 
David." He looked at her with a twinkle in his eye, then 
slowly raised the edge of the tablecloth, saying with a slight 
drawl, "Well, thy table isn't so nice!" 

IV. Children of David Maulsby, Jr., and Sarah Rees Maulsby 

64. Morris, b. 12 mo. 24, 1779.11 

65. Mary, b. 6 mo. 22, 1781.11 

66. Katherine, b. 6 mo. 25, 1783.11 

67. Pamala, b. 6 mo. 10, 1785; d. 5 mo. 13, 1811. 

68. Sarah, b. 7 mo. 1, 1787; d. 2 mo. 19, 1812.1 

69. John, b. 4 mo. 19, 1789; d. 11 mo. 31, 1798. 

70. Frances, b. 12 mo. 11, 1794.11 

John Laugharne Malsby 

III. (25). John Laugharne Malsby was born in Moreland 
Manor, now Montgomery Co., Pa., in 1753, 9th mo. 17th, 
and to him, her second son, Mary Laugharne gave her 
father's name— one that had been worthily borne by 
many generations of her ancestors. During his short life- 
time he proved himself worthy of the name. 
The tie between him and his sister Mary (Hicks) seems 
to have been a very strong one. Bearing the names of 
their Welsh grand-parents, they were yet Maulsbys as well, 
and had inherited the love of Quaker principles from their 
English ancestors. 

Together they requested membership, and were together 
received as members of Little Falls Meeting, and for the 
remainder of their lives endeavored to live the principles 
they professed, and were, each in a different way, diligent 
workers in the Meeting. 

John moved to Pipe Creek in 1778, and in 3d mo. , 1781, 
we find his marriage had been accomplished with Sarah 
Starr. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 217 

He returns 1 mo. 25, 1783, from Pipe Creek, with a cer- 
tificate for himself, wife Mary, and daughter Racheh 

In 1784 he moved to Baltimore Town, where he leased 
Lot No. 63 on High St., and died thereat "his own house" 
the following year, 9th mo. 10th, 1785. He was buried 
in Baltimore Town. 

Memorial 
Testimony or Memorial, concerning John Malsby, late of 
Baltimore Town, deceased. 

This our esteemed friend, was born in Pennsylvania, the 17th of 9th 
month, 1753. His parents removed with their family to Maryland, and 
settled within the compass of Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, whilst he 
was young in years; and being favored with an evidence of Divine grace, 
with earnest desires to make the necessary preparation for that awful 
summons: "Steward, give an account of thy stewardship, for thou 
mayst be no longer steward," which occasioned him to make a religious 
search and inquiry after the knowledge of God, and that worship which 
is acceptable to him, but could not enjoy true satisfaction of mind, until 
he came amongst Friends, which was in the year 1773. And having to 
experience the goodness of God to his soul, was concerned to bear public 
testimony thereto, and invite others to come, taste, and see how good 
the Lord is to them that love and fear his great Almighty name. 

In the year 1778 he removed within the verge of Pipe Creek Monthly 
Meeting, and soon after entered into a marriage state with Mary Starr, 
a member thereof; at which place he resided until the year 1783, and 
then, with the concurrence of his brethren, removed with his family and 
settled at Baltimore Town, where he was a diligent attender of meetings, 
and carefully concerned to take his family with him; cheerfully giving 
up his time to the services of Truth, when under appointment, but 
through diffidence, and under a sense of his own weakness, was rather 
backward in his appearances in the ministry, which were mostly short, 
but frequently attended with the seasoning virtue of Truth, made them 
acceptable and comforting to the living amongst us, who are truly sen- 
sible of our loss, but we trust it is his everlasting gain. 

After a short illness, he departed this life at his own house, the 10th 
day of 9th month, 1785, aged near 32 years, and on the 11th his remains 
were accompanied by a number of Friends and others, to Friends' bury- 
ing-ground there, and was decently interred, after which a solid meeting 
was held and several Testimonies borne, setting forth the uncertainty of 
our stay here, and the necessity of having oil in our vessels that our 
lamps may be kept burning against the midnight cry, "Behold, the Bride- 
groom cometh, go ye forth to meet him."* 



218 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Signed in and on behalf of Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, held at 
Gunpowder, the 29th of 4th month, 1786, by 

Joseph Townsend, Clerk. 

The foregoing Testimony being read and considered in our Quarterly 
Meeting, held at Baltimore the 6th of 5th month, 1786, was approved 
and signed on behalf and by order of the same, by 

Joseph Townsend, Clerk. 

John Laugharne Malsby was buried in the Old Town 
burying ground at Aisquith St. , and later his sister Mary was 
laid beside him there. 

Friends Records 

At the Monthly Meeting held at Gunpowder, 4 mo. 24, 1784, the 
name of John Malsby is proposed as an approved minister. 

And we copy a few of the minutes of Gunpowder M. M., where he 
is usually spoken of as John Malsby, Jr., to distinguish him from his 
cousin, John Malsby, Sr., who was the son of William and Rose Malsby, 
and whose certificate to Gunpowder M. M. from Warrington bears the 
date of 5 mo., 10, 1777. 

1, 27, 1776. — John Malsby, Jr., a representative. 

2, 22, 1777. — A B having been detected of passing a money 

bill altered to a larger sum, etc., John Malsby and Wm. Bull are ap- 
pointed to draw up a testimony against him. 

4, 25, 1777. — This Meeting has rec'd amount of Divers Friends Suf- 
ferings: John and David Malsby, £14. 

12, 20, 1776. —C D having gone out in marriage, John Malsby 

and Wm. Amos, Jr., appointed to visit him. 

8, 29, 1778. —John Malsby, Jr., requests a certificate to Pipe Creek 
M. M. 

1, 25, 1783. — John Malsby brings a certificate from Pipe Creek for 
himself, wife Mary and daughter, bearing date 2, 15, 1783. 

4, 24, 1784. — At Gunpowder M. M. they have under consideration the 
proposing John Malsby as an approved minister, with which this meeting 
concurs and directs the Clerk to furnish the next Quarterly Meeting of 
Ministers and Elders with the conclusion of this Meeting respecting the 
same. 

John Malsby, of Baltimore Town, representative. 

10, 25, 1783. — William D neglected to give a certificate from Ab- 

ington. John Malsby and Wm. Davis are appointed to treat with him. 

John Malsby and Joseph Townsend appointed a committee to report 
on certificate and marriage of Wm. D . 

10, 30, 1784. —John Malsby of Baltimore Town, representative. 

6, 26, 1784.— John Malsby of Baltimore Town, representative. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 219 

At Baltimore M. M., 2, 26, 1785, John Malsby was appointed on a 
committee. 

At Gunpowder M. M., 7, 30, 1785, John Malsby was present as rep- 
resentative from Baltimore. 

On 26th 9th mo., 1778, John Maulsby's certificate is received by Pipe 
Creek meeting from Little Falls. 

8 mo., 1781. — His intentions of marriage with Mary Starr are read. 
His parents' consent is produced in ivriting. 

And on the 21st Dec, 1781, John Maulsby of Pipe Creek in Frederick 
Co., son of David and Mary Maulsby, having consent of parents and 
parties concerned, etc., was married to Mary Starr. 

None of his family seem to have been present at the wedding, no 
one of the name of Maulsby having signed the certificate. 

John Malsby in 1784 Leases Lot 63. Bait. Deeds, R. 704. 

Lot 63, on original plat Fronts on High St., 5 perches y^, back 166 
ft. to Lane's alley. Lease for 99 years from Jan. 23, 1795, to be renewed 
from time to time forever. Yearly rent, ^24 current money, and taxes, 
etc., unless repaid, 36 d [?]. 

IV. Children of John Laugharne and Mary Starr Malsby were: 

71. Rachel, b. 2 mo. 3, 1782; d. 7 mo. 26, 1783. 

72. David, b. 5 mo. 10, 1784.11 

73. Mary, b. 2 mo. 28, 1786. Never married. 

Baltimore Administrations, Book 1, 161, Sept. 29, 1785. John Mallsby, 

Intestate. Mary Mallsby, Administratrix. Security, 

John Brown 
David Brown 

Invent. — 

£152, 12 s 5 d personel 
117, 7 s 5>4 d due estate 

1st Act, 30 Sep., 1786. 
Administrator's acc't: 

Money due David Malsby, £9, 11 s, 6 d 
** Frances Malsby, £6, 3 s, 1 d 
" David Malsby, £2, 12 s, 6 d 

Estate acct. for £194, 8 s, 3 d 
Bait. Co., Sep. 30, 1786. Came Mary Mallsby, Administratrix 
Payments, £ 77, s, 9^ d 
Due estate, £117, 7 s, 5| d 



Estate £194, 8 s, 3 d 



220 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

John Malsby, late of Bait. Co. 2nd acct. : 
Nov. 21, 1799, Richard Webb 
May 30, 1810, Richard Webb 
Estate, $210. 14i 

Widow, i, 69.50 

David Malsby, 69.50 
Mary Malsby, 69.50 
Register's fees 2.00 



$210.50 

On 12th mo. 1, 1789, Mary Malsby, the widow of John 
Laugharne Malsby, is married to Richard Webb, of Deer 
Creek. They had one son, Richard Webb, Jr. 

11 mo. 28, 1789. —Richard Webb and Mary Malsby continue their in- 
tentions. 

7, 26, 1788.— Mary Malsby, representative, also on the committee for 
the care of the poor. 

Deer Creek Records: — 

10 mo. 8, 1789. — Richard Webb requests a certificate in order to 
marry, to Gunpowder. 

Richard Webb, of Fawn Meeting, York Co., son of James and Mary 
Webb, and Mary Malsby, widow of John Laugharne Malsby, were mar- 
ried, 12 mo. 1, 1789. Amongst the witnesses were: 

Henry Hicks Jane Hicks 

Geo. Harris Susannah Harris 

Mary Hicks Mary Hicks, Jr. 

1789. Mary Webb requests a certificate for self and two children to 
Deer Creek. 

Richard Webb, Sr. , was a widower with a family of four sons and 
two daughters: John, of Virginia; Joseph, of Oakland Mills, Md.; James, 
of York Co., Pa.; Jesse, of Chester Co., Pa.; Mercy, who married Mr. 
Huff and lived near Mill Green, Md. ; Mary, who married Mr. Davis. 
Her second husband's name was Beaty. They lived below Bel- 
Air. 

After the death of his wife, Richard Webb married the widow 
Maulsby, whose maiden name was Starr. The widow Maulsby had two 
children, Mary and David Maulsby. Richard Webb, Sr., by his second 
marriage, had one son, Richard Webb, Jr., who married Mary Walton 
about the year 1815. She died in the year 1834. And in the year 1835 
he married Elizabeth Heaps. Richard Webb, Jr., died in the spring of 
1875. 



7HE MAULSBY FAMILY 221 

From the Minutes of the Meeting for Sufferings 

7 mo. 26, 1777. — The Sufferings of Gunpowder, being mostly for not 
signing an instrument of writing called The Association Paper and not 
enrolling amongst the militia. 

1776. — Taken from James Parr and sold by said Nanhorne, two year- 
lings worth £2, 15 s, p. 

His demand, 40 /. 

The said Gabriel Nanhorn also took from John and David Malsby, 
for a demand of £7, a mare thought to be worth £14. 

And for a demand of £3 he took from James Hicks a colt worth 
£7, 0, 0. 

1778.— Taken from James Parr by James Barton, one mare valued 
at £15, for refusing to go to war. 

1778, 8th mo. — Taken from John Malsby, Jr., by Joseph Rancher, 
for treble tax, 2 young cattle valued at £5, s. d. 

The "Association Paper" referred to in the Friends' 
records of the ' 'Meeting for Sufferings ' ' was the * 'Associa- 
tion of the Freemen of Maryland," a paper drawn up July, 
1775, by the Convention of Maryland, and subscribed to by 
all its members, and designed to be also signed by all the 
freemen of the province. 

It began by stating the various grievances of the colonies, 
and continued: 

"We, therefore, inhabitants of the province of Maryland, firmly per- 
suaded that it is necessary and justifiable to repel force by force, do ap- 
prove of the opposition by arms to the British troops employed to enforce 
obedience to the late acts and statutes of the British parliament for 
raising a revenue in America, etc." 

Copies were sent through the counties for subscription, and lists of 
non-associates also returned. The latter were notified, Jan., 1776, to 
give in adhesion before April 10. If they refused, they were allowed to 
depart with all their property. If they wished to remain, the committee 
were empowered to disarm them, and if deemed necessary to require a 
bond that they would be guilty of no treasonable practices. 

The committee seem to have not understood that their paper was 
entirely opposed to the views of Friends, and could not be signed by 
them consistently. The committee probably thought the bond necessary; 
at least it was generally required, and the seizure of property from the 
Gunpowder Friends followed. 

Tamar and James Parr 
III. (26). Tamar Malsby was probably born in Moreland, 
and may have been married then to James Parr, who re- 



222 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

quested to become a Friend and a member of Little Falls 
meeting. His wife was probably a member, but the 
Friends' records do not give her name, or those of her chil- 
dren. 

It seems probable that James Parr belonged to the Phil- 
adelphia family of that name who were Friends and emi- 
grants from Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were 
probably friends of the Malsbys. 

Unfortunately, I have been unable to obtain the name 
of his father, although I have made every possible effort 
to do so. The Bible of James Parr* was in possession of 
his grandson David, son of John, at Richmond, Virginia, 
some years ago. I at one time saw it, but unfortunately 
did not copy its records. It is now [?] the property of 
Alcesta, widow of John Parr, or her daughter Margaret, 
wife of Valentine Heckler, 2500 [?] Park Ave., Richmond, 
Va. I greatly regret not being able to give this connect- 
ing link, as the Parr history is most interesting. To judge 
from the inventory of the property of James Parr taken 
after his death, he does not seem to have been farming at 
that time, although the family tradition is that they lived 
at "Roselands, " Joppa.t Possibly they may have been 
living with and caring for the parents of Tamar at this 

* Years ago, when I was not so familiar with the peculiarities of writing in the 
older Friends' records, I made the mistake of copying "Pardo" [Pardoe] (written 
with the o on the end of the d) records for "Parr," and I sent them to a member of 
the family. Unfortunately they found their way, later, into print in a little history 
of the Parr family of Baltimoi-e. In the hope that they may not mislead the family 
further, 1 copy these records from an old note-book. 

Children of John C. and Sarah Pardo: Susanna, b. 1662/3; John, b. 1664; Re- 
becca, b. 1667; Sarah, b. 1670; Hester, b. 1673; Joseph, b. 1678. Sarah (Pardo), the 
mother, died 1694. Burled at Cliffs. 

John, son of John Pardo, Jr., and Mary his wife, b. 27th 7mo., 1690. 

Peter, son of J. Pardo and Lucv his second wife, b. 1701/2. 

Joseph, b. 1703/4. 

Sarah, b. 1706. 

B nton, b. 1709. 

Mary, b. 1712. 

Liucy Pardoe, mother of this family, d. 1744/5. Buried at Royston's. 

For original records, see Friends' Records, Park Ave. and Laurens St., Bait. 

t Joppa, the ancient metropolis of Maryland, at an early date, was almost de- 
populated by a pestilence of small-pox, and its bu.siness and remaining' inhabitants 
removed to Baltimore. D.Preston Parr, Jr., in writing of the old grave-yard there 
.says : " He (his father), has seen piles of tombstones eight or ten feet high there, some 
of which would measure as much as a pile of cord wood containing fouror five cords. 
Most of these so broken up referred to the death, of parties born in England, Scot- 
land, Ireland, and Wales, etc. The largest number from England. There you see 
was a wholesale rooting out of the very oldest records of family foundations in Mary- 
land." 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 223 

time, as another tradition of the Parrs is that the Malsby 
homestead was near Joppa. 

It seems likely that, although David and Mary Laug- 
harne Malsby spent the greater part of their lives in or 
near Philadelphia, their later days were spent amongst 
their children in Maryland, as they were buried at Little 
Falls— one would naturally suppose with one of the daugh- 
ters, either Tamar or Angelina. 

Tamar Parr married a second time, Dr. Lostater. 

Friends^ Records 
7th mo. 27th, 1776 — As James Parr hath for a considerable time been 
under the care and oversight of the Little Falls Preparative Meeting and 
now desires to be taken in membership with us, and this Meeting having 
unity with his request grants him his desire. 

4, 25, 1777. —This Meeting has received amount of Divers Friends' 
Sufferings to the amount of One hundred and 55 Pounds, 11 s, 6p, whose 
name and sums assigned is as follows: 

James Parr, £2, 15 s. 

James Parr died in 1789, and Tamar Parr administered 
on the estate. No record of the appointment of a guardian 
is given. 

Administrations, Baltimore Records, Book 1, 31. 

1789, April 8.— James Parr, intestate. Tamar Parr, Administratrix. 
Security: David Maulsby, James Hicks. Amt. of inventory, £11, Os, Od. 
No debts. 

Inventory 

An Inventory of the goods and chattels of James Parr late of Balti- 
more County deceased, appraised in current money of this state by us 
the Subscribers being thereto lawfully authorized and sworn this 6th day 
of March, 1890. 

To 1 bed and pillow £4, s, d 

To 1 brindle cow 4 

To 1 red cow 3 



11 

i James McComas 

] Moses McComas 

( Robert Whiteford 

Baltimore County to wit: On the 10th day of April, 1790, came Tamar 

Parr, administratrix of James Parr late of said county deceased, and made 

oath etc. that the aforegoing is a true Inventory of all and Singular the 

goods and chattels of the deceased that has come to her hands, possession 



224 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

or knowledge at the time of making thereof that what has since or shall 
hereafter come to her hands, possession or knowledge she will return in 
an additional Inventory, that she knows of no concealment or suspects 
any to be, that if she should discover any concealment or suspect any to 
be she will make the Register of Wills acquainted therewith that the 
same may be inquired into according to law. Sworn before me Register 
of Wills for the county aforesaid. 

Book 16, folio 123. Wm. Buchanan. 

Tamar Malsby, daughter of David and Mary Laug- 
harne Malsby, b. 1755, d. 1803; m. about 1776 James Parr, 
b. 1 mo. 15, 1750; d. 12 mo. 15, 1789. Children: 

74. John Parr, b. 1 mo. 1, 1778. 

75. David Parr, b. 2 mo. 27, 1786. 

76. Elisha Parr, b. 8 mo. 27, . 

Some early Parr Records 
Several of the Parr family became Friends at an early 
date, and suffered persecution for their religious belief. 
They seem to have been people with considerable property. 

William Parr of Shipston, Worcestershire (1678), was several times 
prosecuted for Tithes by the said Dr. Crowther. Upon one of these 
Prosecutions he was imprisoned above a Year at Worcester and a Judg- 
ment being obtained against him for 8 1. Tithes, he had taken from him 
4 cows worth 14 1. And at another Time for 8 1. Tithes he had taken 
away 4 Cows and two Horses worth 30 1. 

The said Dr. Crowther had a power of holding an Ecclesiastical 
Court there, once in 3 years, to which the said Wm. Parr was cited for 
not coming to hear Common Prayer, and at appearing was committed to 
Prison by a Writ de Excommunicato capiendo, where he was remaining a 
prisoner two years and a half after. 

In 1660 William Parr was one of 47 sent to Prison for refusing to 
take oath. 

Anno. 1662. In the Month called May, William Parr was sent to Wor- 
cester Goal for refusing to pay Tithes. "Besses' Sufferings of Quakers." 

Nottinghamshire Parish records, beginning page 77 (1658) : 

George Parr and Eliz. Wood, m. Dec. 3, 1719. 

John Parr and Dinah Hilton, m. Dec. 15, 1740. 

Job Parr and Sarah Dixon, m. Aug. 7, 1740. 

Wm. Parr and Mary Fullforth, m. March 31, 1741. 

William and Margaret (Peggy), Samuel and Ann (Nancy) Parr were 
early settlers in Phila. They were probably brothers. 

In 1772 William Parr (See Eliz. Drinker) was Master of the Rolls. His 
name is usually given with "Esq." following. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 225 

He moved to Lancaster during the Revolution and died there, having 
married a second time and left a widow and two daughters. [I do not 
know further.] His tax list follows: 

Phila. Taxes, 1769 

High St. Ward, 
William Parr, Esq. 

2 horses, 3 servants. 
Provincial tax, ^^221, 19, 6 

1771 

Lower Delaware Ward 

21| acres, 3 servants; tax, ^{^116, 4, 0. 

1774 

Parr and Morris estate, 

tax, ;/;i29, 1, 0. 
1779 
Wm. Parr's estate, 

tax, /66, 00, 00. 
Phila. Co. State tax for 1777. 
Wm. Parr's estate, 

^16, 10, 00. 
Penna. Archives. 
He was the son of Caleb Parr of Nottingham, England. He lived at 
Point-no-Point, in Phila., and died before 1798. He was probably a mem- 
ber of Frankford Friends' Meeting. The following records are from the 
Diary of Elizabeth Drinker: 

1758, Oct. 9.— M. Parr drank tea with us. 

20. — Spent ye day at Wm. Parr's Point, and stayed all 
night. 
Dec. 13. — Molly Lord and Wm. Parr called to see us. 

1759, Jan. 1.— Went to Point-no-Point. 

Jan. 5.— Went to Frankford Meeting with A. Parr, M. Parr 
and M. Sandworth. Testimonies born by Sarah 
Morris, S. Spavold and two other Friends. H. D. 
came after Meeting to W. P's. 

Jan. 12. — Came from Point to Phila. after dinner. 

May 30. — Peggy Parr with her sister-in-law Nancy, and Polly 
drank tea with us. Wm. Parr called — the first 
time of our seeing them since their return from 
Bethlehem. 

Sep. 16. — Wm. Parr called in the morning, informed us of a 
melancholy accident which happened in his family, 
viz., his man Robert (who for some time before 
had appeared unwell and low spirited) was on the 
8th instant missing, and after search was found 



226 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

the next day Dead in ye House of Office, where 
they supposed he had thrown himself. Ye jury 
brought in their verdict non compos mentis. 

1760, Aug. 26. — Billy Parr's Scipio came this afternoon with ye 
Chaise. He drove us to Point, Frankford Road. 
Arrived at Point in time enough to drink tea with 
Peggy; Billy goes to ye Fort at Shamokin. 
[The provincial government erected a fort here, Jan. 
1756, as a protection against the Indians. ] 

1771, June 26. — Billy Parr and Judah Foulke called this afternoon. 

1798, May 12. — Reynold Keen, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 
was here fornoon, to take Sister's and my affirma- 
tion to a deposition relative to our knowledge of 
William and Margaret Parr and their children. 
H. D. went with him after we had done our busi- 
ness, to Dr. Redman's, to take his deposition on 
the same occasion. It is with a view of recover- 
ing for W. P's. children, some property in Notting- 
ham, old England, formerly belonging to Caleb 
Parr, father of William. 

1798, July 28. — A suicide — It brings to my remembrance, a hired ser- 
vant who lived with Billy Parr at Point-no-Point, 
who put an end to his life by going down into the 
Necessary; he tore up ye seat, and let himself 
down in ye evening; was found dead there the 
next morning. The river was running within a 
few yards of the house. Why did he not prefer 
that more cleanly and I should think more easy 
method? 

1800, June 8. — First day— The Locusts have come to town in great 
numbers this moi-ning. They are singing in a 
body in the trees in our yard and garden and flying 
from one tree to another. This is the fourth time 
they have appeared in my memory, tho I have 
noticed but three of the four. Ye first was in '48 
or '49 when Samuel Parr lived in Chestnut St. 
next to Norris's. He had a spacious garden, and I 
remember he sent his mulatto girl Poll, to gather 
the Locusts up from off the Gooseberry and other 
bushes. She brought in, after some time, a com- 
mon hand basket half full, and threw them in the 
kitchen fire — perhaps more than a quarter peck. 
From the Journal of 

Elizabeth Drinker, 1759-1807. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 227 

William and Margaret had two daughters (and may have had other 
children): 1. Nancy, who married a Reiger and lived in Lancaster in 
1805, coming to Philadelphia to sell a house belonging to her and her 
sister. 2. Polly. 

Samuel, d, 11 mo. 1, 1750, and Ann Parr, d. 8 mo. 27, 1748, had chil- 
dren: Ann, buried 8 mo. 10, 1725; Liddia, Joshua, Samuel. 

There was also a Nathaniel Parr, with a son William. [These records 
are not complete.] 

Wheeler Malsby 

III. (27). Wheeler Malsby b. ; d. 5th mo. 18th, 

1830, and was buried 5 mo. 19, 1830, at Little Falls.* We 
have no record of the birth of Wheeler Malsby (he may 
have been the second child and oldest son), third son of 
David and Mary Laugharne Malsby. (He bore the family 
name of Mary Laugharne's mother.) Tradition says a 
family Bible was burned the time the family moved into 
Maryland. Wheeler never became a member of Friends' 
Meeting, so we find no mention there as we have of the 
other members of the family, Tamar excepted. 

Wheeler Malsby bought a tract of 98 >^ acres of land, 
called Preston's Luck or Chance, from Thomas Bond in 
1806, for $492.50. Here he lived and died. He never 
married, but his niece, Catharine Malsby Watkins, kept 
house for him. Morris Malsby settled his estate, as he 
had done that of his father, two months before. 

His chattel inventory is given as $246. 47, but the sales 
amounted only to S197.43. 

He too lies buried at Little Falls. 

His home was near Abington, eight miles from Fallston. 

The house is still standing. 

June 8, 1830.— Wheeler Malsby Estate, 

Morris Maulsby, Administrator. 

Inventory, $246.47 

Sales, 197.43 

Under the accounts Morris Malsby brings a bill. 

For 2 gal. of whiskey at 

Sale $1.00 

*See McConnell Bible owned by Whitaker family. 



228 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

Will 

I, Wheeler Malsby of Harford Co. being weak of body, etc. 

Will to my niece Catherine Watkins, all my estate, both real and 
personal. 

My will is also that my two black negro children may be free* when 
they arrive at the age of 16 years. 

I appoint my trusty friend Nathaniel HoUingworth my executor. 

His 

Wheeler X Malsby. 
Proved 24 of May, 1830. 

Frances and Samuel McConnell 
III. (28). Frances Malsby was born 12th mo. 19th, 1761, 
the first of the httle family born in Maryland, on the 
"Hicks' Adventure," and "Bond's Forest" farm, and near 
the same time that her sister Mary was married to James 
Hicks. 

On September 28, 1782, the records of Little Falls tell 
us that Frances and Angelina Malsby request and are 
granted membership, and from this time on we frequently 
find their names on the Meeting books. 

10 mo. 28, 1797, Samuel McConnellt and Frances 
Malsby's intentions of marriage are presented to the 
Monthly Meeting. He gives consent of parents, but hers 
are no longer living, her mother having died in 1792. 

The marriage certificate follows: 

Marriage Certificate 

Whereas Samuel McConnell of Harford Co. in the state of Mary- 
land son of Samuel McConnell late of Lancaster County, and of Ann 
McConnell now Ann Foster, and Frances Malsby Daughter of David 
and Mary Malsby of Harford Co. aforesaid deceased, having declared 
their intentions of Marriage with each other before several Monthly 
Meetings of the people called Quakers held at Gunpowder Meeting House 
in the County of Baltimore in the state of Maryland aforesaid according 
to the good order used among them and having consent of Friends con- 
cerned their said proposals of marriage were allowed of by the said Meet- 

♦Wheeler was the only one of the family known to have had a slave, and this is 
why we do not think him to have been a Friend. Still, records were not perfectat 
that time, and he may have been a member. 

tMacConnell, a Celtic patronymic, is the English of MacConaill; Mac son of, and 
Conalll, the son of Conaill. It may be interpreted "'the son of the high or noble 
wielder." It is probably the same as MacDonnell. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 



229 



ing. Now these are to certify whom it may concern that for the full ac- 
complishing of their said Intentions this second day of the eleventh 
Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety 
seven he the said Samuel McConnell taking the said Frances Malsby 
by the hand did in solemn manner openly declare that he took her the 
said Frances Malsby to be his Wife promising thro' the Lord's assist- 
ance to be unto her a loving and faithful Husband until Death should 
separate them. And then and there in the same Assembly the said 
Frances Malsby did in like manner declare that she took him the said 
Samuel McConnell to be her Husband promising thro' the Lord's assist- 
ance to be unto him a faithful and loving Wife until Death should separate 
them. And moreover they the said Samuel McConnell and Frances 
Malsby (She according to the custom of Marriage assuming the^ Name 
of her Husband as a further confirmation thereof) did then and there to 
these Presents set their hand and We whose Names are hereunto also 
subscribed being present at the Solemnization of the said Marriage and 
Subscription have as Witnesses thereunto set our hands the day & 
year above written. 



William Amoss Junior 
Jacob Tyson 
John Mason 
Enoch Williams 
Edward Norris Junr. 
Mahlon Spencer 
Jacob Lukens 
Jesse Lancaster 
Israel Morris 
David Harry 
Joseph Burgess 
William McComas 
John Burgess 

*Record of Birth of their 
children: 

Maray McConnell daugh- 
ter of Saml McConnell 
and Frances his wife, 
Born 24th 1st mo., 1799. 

James Orr McConnell, son 
of Saml McConnell and 
Frances his wife, Born 
the 14th 10th mo. 1801. 



Sam'!- m Connell, 
Frances M Connell. 

John Morrisson 

Hannah Amass 

Hannah Amoss 

Julia Hugs 

Rebecca Lee 

Deborah Watters 

Martha Stockdale 

Joseph Lancaster 

Elizabeth Lancaster 

Mary Harry 

Sarah Morris 

Sarah Bull 



David Maulsby 
Angliney Orr 
James Orr 



Sarah Malsby 
Wheeler Maulsby 
Mary Malsby 
Catherine Malsby 
Edith Malsby 
Morris Malsby 
David Parr 



»lt was common amongst Friends to record the birth of their children on the 
marriage certificate, a large parchment sheet. 



230 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Samuel and Frances McConnell spent the remainder of 
their days at the beautiful old homestead near Forest Hill. 
There their two children were born, and they were useful 
members (as the records show) of the Friends' Meeting, as 
well as the community at large. The husband was an active 
worker in temperance and the anti-slavery cause. Not for- 
getting that by education great reforms are more surely ac- 
complished, he with his son and other friends built a school 
for the children of the neighborhood, for in those days there 
were no public schools, nor yet for years afterwards, 

Samuel McConnell was a minister of the Society of Friends 
at Forest Meeting. In the history of Harford Co, , in speaking 
of the ministers of the last century, the two Friends are named: 
Bartholomew Fussell, ever faithful to the cause he served; 
Samuel McConnell, of strong mind, judgment and expression. 

The infirmities of age were long in coming to these dear 
people. The father when eighty years old still drove on 
errands of mercy in his old dearborn, often as far as Balti- 
more, twenty-five miles distant. And in the long winter 
evenings one who was a welcome guest tells us she remem- 
bers them seated, Cousin Samuel on one side and Cousin 
Frances on the other of the wide old fashioned chimney, in 
their high-backed chairs, while between them the great logs 
of the fire burned and crackled. There the grandchildren 
loved to come and gather closer around them as years passed. 
And to them in the old homestead came the final summons. 
The wife was taken first, and sitting alone the first evening 
the husband wrote: "My dear wife Frances* parted from my 
company this day." But it was not for long, for the next 
year he followed her, and they were laid side by side in the 
oldt Forrest Burying ground. 

IV. Children of Samuel t and Frances Malshy McConnell 

77, Mary McConnel!, born 1st mo. 24th, 1799, 

78. James McConnell, born 10th mo. 14th, 1801. 

*Fanny McConnell is said to have Aiedofmnmpfi. Otheis say apoplexy. Her 
case of drawers, in perfect preservation, is the property of her grand-daughter, Annie 
S. Mabbett, of Baltimore. Her silver snuff-box belongs to Frances L. Eastman. 

fThere were two Forrest burying grounds. 

tSamuel McConnell, b. 1 mo. 2, 1762; d. 7 mo. 18, 1844. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL V 231 

Records 

At Baltimore M. M., 1, 10, 1805.— Samuel M'Connel is appointed to at- 
tend Quarterly Meeting. 

1809. —Frances M'Connell is a representative. 

Samuel M'Connell's name is very frequent in the minutes, but a full 
record has not been made. 

Angelina and James Orr 
III. (29) . Angelina, youngest daughter of David and Mary 
L. Malsby, was born 1764, in Baltimore Co., Md., on the 
"Hicks Adventure" and "Bond's Forest" farm. 

With her sister Frances she joined Fallston Meeting, Sept. 
28, 1782. Her name frequently appears as representative, 
and on various committees, from this time on until, in 1st 
mo. 31st, 1789, her intentions of marriage with James Orr 
were read at Little Falls M. M., and soon after she and 
her husband requested their certificate to Deer Creek 
Monthly Meeting. Here the remainder of her life was 
probably passed. 

James Orr was an elder of Deer Creek, and seems to 
have been an influential member, giving a liberal portion 
when subscriptions were raised in the meeting for various 
purposes. Later we find him disciplined for bad language 
and drinking, when he requests to be released as an ' 'elder, ' ' 
and names in his place his wife's nephew David (son of 
John L. Malsby) to succeed him. This is soon followed, 
however, by his disownment from the Society. Angelina 
lived but a few months longer, dying in 1814, second 
month 23d, aged fifty years, and was buried at Little 
Falls, 2 mo. 24.^'^ 

From this time on her husband went from bad to worse. 
This is mentioned here only because after his wife's death 
he seems to have come into possession of all those old 
family papers that have been hunted so long. 

Perhaps Mary Laugharne spent her last days with her 
youngest daughter. 

*See McConnell Bible. 



232 IHE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

It is the tradition of several branches of the family that 
James Orr in some way deprived them of inherited rights. 
"Morris Maulsby, " so writes a member of the family, 
' 'finally took up the cudgels of defence for the family, 
and a long chancery suit ensued, carried on during the 
rest of James Orr's life, and after his death by a woman 
named Betsy Sadtler, or Sadler, who, claiming to be his 
wife, retained successfully all that James* had grasped 
(during his lifetime. ) ' ' 

It was James Orr who finally succeeded in securing the 
family papers from Hannah Churchman, of Peach Bottom. 

Friends' Records 

9, 28, 1782. —Frances and Angelina Malsby requesting to be received 
in membership with us, Jacob Johnson and Wm. Parrish are appointed to 
take an opportunity with them and Report their sense respecting them 
to our next meeting. 

10, 26, 1782. The friends appointed to visit Frances and Angelina 
Malsby report they had a seasonable and satisfactory oppertunity with 
them, their request is granted and they are received. 

11, 24, 1784. — Angelina Maulsby and Edith Humphreys, representa- 
tives. 

1, 31, 1789. — James Orr and Angelina Malsby appeared here, and 
declared their intentions of marriage with each other. Sarah Bull and 
Hannah Dillon are appointed to make inquiry in regard to consent of 
parents, etc. 

2, 28, 1789.— James Orr and Angelina Malsby are left at liberty to 
accomplish their marriage. 

3, 28, 1789.— The committee report that the marriage of James Orr 
and Angelina Malsby was orderly accomplished. 

7, 25, 1789. — James Orr requests a certificate for himself and Angelina 
to Deer Creek. 

From the Marriage Certificate 

James Orr and Angelina Malsby were married 5th day of the 3d mo., 
1789. Witnesses: 

Ann Mason Ann Parsons 

Ann Dillon William Tudor 

George Baxley Moses Dillon 

Samuel Howard Hannah Dillon 

Mary Howard Mary Wood 

Margaret A. Lee John Wilson 

•There is a record of this suit at Belair, but no particulars are recorded. 



7HE MAULSBY FAMILY 233 

Joseph McCoy Ann Malsby 

William Williams John Rees 

David Lee Enoch Williams 

Esther Tyson Elizabeth Dillon 

George Harris, Jr. David Malsby 

John Dutton Susanna Rodgers 

Hannah Lee John Mason 

Sarah Howard William Amos 

The certificate reads: "Having consent of parents and parties con- 
cerned," so it seems that Angelina's parents were living at that time. 

10 mo. 8, 1789. At Deer Creek, James and Angelina Orr received 
as members. 

1800, 1 mo. 23. —James Orr, representative. 

1793. — In the subscription list for raising Quota for a Meeting house 
in Baltimore: 

James Orr, 8 s. 4 p. 

George Harris, 8 s. 4 p. 
1792. —A subscription for Yearly Meeting Stock, £4 11 s. 8 d. 
James Orr, pays, 2 s. 6 d. 
George Harris, 3 s. 9 d. 
A subscription to raise a quota for the Clifts: 
James Orr, 00, 2, 

George Harris, 00, 2, 

Deer Creek. 

9 mo. 22, 1808. — The committee to consider of James Orr's request, 
inform that they met and confered and agreed to propose that David 
Malsby be appointed to succeed him, which is left under consideration 
until next meeting. 

27, 10 mo., 1808. — James Orr released as overseer, and David Malsby 
appointed. 

26, 11 mo., 1812.— It appearing from divers Testimonies that James 
Orr has taken strong drink to intoxication and has manifested an irritable 
Disposition, the following are appointed to take an oppertunity with him 
and endeavor to convince him of the inconsistency of his conduct, etc. 

26, 8 mo., 1813. — Committee in the case of James Orr produce a testi- 
mony against him and he is disowned. 

23d 9 mo., 1813 — At Deer Creek Monthly Meeting, James Orr having 
taken strong drink to intoxication and manifested an irritable Disposition, 
we therefore disown him from being a member of our religious society, 
with desires that he may be favored to see the impropriety of his conduct. 

Signed, etc., 

Silas Warner, Clk. 



VIII 



GRANDCHILDREN OF DAVID AND MARY LAUG- 
HARNE MALSBY 

Children of James and Mary Malsby Hicks 

SUSANNA HICKS- (54), oldest child of James and Mary 
Hicks, was born 2 mo. 22, 1762, and when twelve 
years old was received as a member of Little Falls 
Monthly Meeting, together with her older brothers and sisters. 
She was twice married— first to John Rogers; and Gunpowder 
M. M. thus reports:— 

12 mo. 28, 1782. — John Rogers and Susanna Hicks appeared here and 
declared they continued their intentions of marriage with each other. It 
being the second time, they are left at liberty to accomplish their mar- 
riage according to good order amongst Friends, and William Amos and 
Moses Dillon are appointed to attend the marriage and report its orderly 
accomplishment. 

From the Marriage Certificate 
John Rogers & Susanna Hicks were Married 6th of the 3d mo., 1783. 
Witnesses: 



Prudence Lancaster 
James Thomas 
Peter Williams 
Amos Rush 
Nathan Jarvis 
John Rush 
Wm. Williams 
Providence Wollen 
Walter Bull 
Nathan Lancaster 
Abraham Bull 
Rebecca Kay 
John Jefferes 
Samuel Painter 
Mary Johnson 
Temperance Robinson 
Ann Jarvis 
*See Letter of Beulah Harris to EUz. Koser. 

(234) 



John Mason 
Wm. Jefferies 
Moses Dillon 
Daniel Weeks 
Wm. Amos 
John Smith, Jur. 
Nicholas Parrish 
Frances Thomson 
Ann Williams 
Pusey Smith 
Joseph Lancaster 
David Maulsby 
Sarah Maulsby 
Frances Maulsby 
Angelinah Maulsby 
Elinor Lee 
Mary Lee 



IHE MAULSBY FAMILY 



235 



Hannah Rush 
Mary Johnson 
Wm. Richanson 
Mary Erwin 
Alizanna Legoe 
Hannah Dillon 
Ann Mason 
EUenor Smith 
Martha Griffith 
Mary Baer 
James Hicks 
Enos Rogers 



Mary Griff eth 
Hannah Lee 
Ruth Parsons 
Mary Hicks 
Margaret Rogers 
Ann Hicks 
Sarah Rogers 
Mary Hicks 
Mordica Rogers 
James Hicks 
John E. Rees 
Evan Rogers 
David Dickinson 



5, 30, 1789. — George Harris and Susanna Rogers declare their inten- 
tions of marriage. 

7, 25, 1789. — George Harris and Susannah Roger's marriage has been 
orderly accomplished. 

The following is from their marriage certificate : 

George Harris, Jr., and Susanna Rogers were married, 2d day of the 
7th mo., 1789. Witnesses: 



William Trimble, 
George Matthews, 
David Brown, 
Garrard Hopkins, Sen. 
Joseph McCoy, 
John Parsons, 
John Burch Swann, 
William Underwood, 
William Warner, 
Stephen Cole, 
Robert Cornthwait, 
Mary Brown 
Sarah Matthews, 
Martha Morris, 
Mary Jones, 
Mary Burgess, 
Ruth Fisher, 
Fanny Marten, 



Mary Underwood, 
Betcy Ann Baker, 
Charlotte Swann 
Susanna Swann, 
Alezannah Legoe, 
John Mason, 
James Hicks, 
Mary Hicks, 
Margaret Rogers, 
Ann Hicks, 
Sarah Rogers, 
Even Rogers, 
Levi Rogers, 
Mary Hicks, Jur., 
Ruth Dickenson, 
Sarah Dickenson, 
Elisha Tyson, 
Tacy Mitchel, 
Mary Malsby. 



George, b. 1 mo. 8, 1754, and Susanna Harris, with two children, 
Mary and Beulah, are recorded as original members of Baltimore Month- 
ly Meeting, in 1793. In 1793 they removed to Warrington, but soon re- 
turned to Baltimore, with two more children added to their family, 



236 J HE MA ULSB V FAMIL V 

namely, Ann and George. Jane and Hicks, were born in Baltimore, where 
they lived* at Camden and Howard Streets. 

George Harris was a teacher, and he is supposed to have 
drawn and preserved the family tree of the Laugharne and 
Wheeler families. He was one of the executors of the will 
of his father-in-law, James Hicks. He published "The 
Economy and Policy of a Christian Education, ' ' Bait. , 1828— 
the result of his experience as a teacher. 

Susanna Harris died 8 mo. 5, 1823, and was buried in the 
Eastern District (Aisquith St.) Friends' Ground. 

V. Children of Susanna and George Harris, Jr. 

172. Mary.T[ 

173. Beulah.l 

174. Ann.U 

175. George. 1 

176. Hicks.H 

177. Jane, b. 7 mo. 5, 1800; d. 9 mo. 7, 1800. 

V. (172). Mary Harris, b. 8 mo. 13, 1770; d. ; m. 

George Graham. Disowned, 10 mo. 10, 1813, from 
Friends' Meeting. Children : 

634. Jane, d. young. 

635. George, d. . 

636. Susanna, m. William Chandler. No children. 

637. Israel Graham, b. ; m. Jane P. Foulke; children: Dill- 

wyn, Elizabeth, Annie, George and Caroline B. Graham. 

638. Mary Graham, b. ; d. ; m. Jonathan Shoemaker; no 

children. 

639. Thomas Graham, b. ; d. . 

640. Harris Graham, b. ; d. . Never married. 

641. John Graham, b. ; d. ; m. Mary Frances Conway; 

children: Beulah, Fannie, Beatrice and Mabel Graham. 

642. Annie Graham, married Oscar Conway. (See Oscar Con- 

way.) 

*The Baltimore directory for 1S22 gives George Harris, Teacher, Eutaw St., E. 
Side, north of Pratt St. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 237 

From Certificate of Israel J. Graham 

Israel J. Graham* of Bait., son of George and Mary Graham, and 
Jane P. Foulke, of Bait. Co., were married, 8 mo. 20, 1846, at the Meet- 
ing house. Witnesses were: H. W. Cook, Mary B. Parr, Geo. Graham, 
Beulah Harris, Susanna Graham, fMary A. Kent, Esther Jane Kent, 
tMary Ann Kent, Thomas W. Kent, George Graham, Mary Graham, 
Hicks Harris Graham, Hicks Harris, Margt. H. Harris, B. Anna 
Graham, Mary A. Cook, and others. 

V. (173). Beulah Harris, "Cousin Beulah," b. 8 mo. 6, 
1792, was considered a handsome woman, and the family 
traced a likeness in her to her great-grandmother, Mary 
Laugharne. While she lived, she was considered the 
authority on family traditions, especially those concerning 
the Laugharne family. For years she kept a dry-goods 
and trimming store on Lexington St. , or on Howard^ St. 
near Lexington, Baltimore. Her later years were spent 
in Philadelphia, where she died and was buried. She 
never married. 

V. (174). Ann HarrisII was married at the home of her 
sister, Beulah Harris, in Baltimore, to William Kent, son 
of Daniel and Esther Hawley Kent, 10 mo. 8, 1846. The 
parents of neither one were living. Wm. Kent was a 
widower, with children. 

The signers to the certificate were: Henry W. Cook, Ann M. Cook, 
Margaret Parr, David Parr, Charlotte Parr, Sophia Jarvis, Frances Ann 
Conway, Joseph M. Cook, Geo. Graham, Israel J. Graham, Susanna Gra- 
ham, Mary Graham, H. Harris Graham, B. Anna Graham, Margaret 
Harris, Hicks Harris, Joseph Kent, Maria J. Kent, Beulah Harris, Eliz- 
abeth Kent, Mary Ann Kent, John Malcolm Graham and others. 

Ann Harris Kent is buried at Penn's Grove Meeting, Chester Co., Pa. 

V. (175). George, ° b. Studied medicine and practiced 
in Baltimore. Married Sara Ann — . They had no 

♦Although Israel J. Graham belonged to a later generation (6th), we have 
given this record to show the continuation of the family names as signers to his mar- 
riage certificate. 

tEsther Jane Kent and Mary A(nna) were daughters of Joseph and Maria J . 
Kent. 

X Mary Ann and Thomas W. Kent were the children of William Kent. 
§Baltimore Directory for 1843 gives her store at 693^ N. Howard Street. 
||For record of birth, see Warrington records. 
°See Warrington records for birth. 



238 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

children. Both died in Baltimore. George and Sarah 
Ann Harris brought a certificate from Abington, 12 mo. 4, 
1851, to Baltimore, she having requested membership at 
this time. 

V. (176). Hicks Harris, b. Imo. 3, 1802; d. ; m. Mar- 
garet Roberts, of Philadelphia, who was received a mem- 
ber of Friends' Meeting, 11 mo. 4. 1847. Died, 2 mo. 20, 
1863, and was buried in the Country Ground. (Friends' 
Cemetery on Harford Ave. ) 
Hicks Harris was a merchant in Baltimore. 

IV. (55). Ann Hicks, b. 12 mo, 31,1763, was married first 
to Joseph McCoy. From the marriage certificate we quote 
' 'son of Andrew and Mary, his wife, of Harford Co. , both 
deceased, and Ann, daughter of James and Mary Hicks." 
They were married at the Baltimore meeting house, 2'' mo. 
17'", 1803; and the members of the family signing the certi- 
ficate were James and Mary Hicks, the parents, Enoch 
and Mary Underwood, Samuel and Jane Cook, David 
Hicks, James Hicks, Jr., Bathsheba Hicks, and George 
Harris. 

The home of Joseph and Ann McCoy was on German* 
St. , near Eutaw, a three-story brick house with one low 
broad step of marble, to the street, and is still standing. 
The old number was 31. 

Joseph McCoy was ' 'cotton and woolen card manufac- 
turer, ' ' 249 Baltimore St. , and was very comfortably off 
for those days. 

They had no children, and before many years Aunt 
Nancy was left a widow (1813). 

In 1819, 4th mo. 14th, Ann McCoy was again married, 
to Isaac Wilson, of Belmont Co., Ohio, with the consent 
of her surviving parent. She was married at the Lombard 
St. Meeting-house, and there were fifty-four signers to 
the certificate, amongst whom were Mary Gray (her 
mother), Enoch and Mary Underwood, J. G. Underwood, 

*City directory for 1831 and 1842 gives Mrs. Ann McCoy, 31 German St. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 239 

Mary Malsby (daughter of John L. Malsby), Joseph 
Sitler, Hicks Harris and George Harris, Jr. 

"What will thee do in heaven, Aunt Nancy?" asked a 
teasing great niece. ' 'Thee will have two husbands there. ' ' 
"Joseph was my first here; he shall be my first there," 
came the prompt answer from the old lady. 

Aunt Nancy outlived her second husband, and had taken 
into her home and educated two of her nephews, Joseph 
McCoy Johnson, and Joseph McCoy Sitler; also a niece, 
Ann Sitler, afterward wife of Henry Cook. 

James Hicks Johnson and Joseph McCoy Sitler both 
studied medicine and moved into Tennessee, where they 
practiced medicine, for many years in partnership, and 
afterwards in Mississippi, where they both died. Dr. Sitler 
in 1841, and Dr. Johnson in 1844. 

Most of her life was spent in the old home, 31 German 
St., the last few years with her niece, Ann Sitler, wife of 
Henry Cook, at whose home, situated at the corner of 
Green and Baltimore Sts., she died, in 1851, leaving Israel 
J. Graham and Henry W. Cook as her executors. 

8 mo., 5th, 1845. — Israel J. Graham writes: "Aunt Nancy is at pres- 
ent almost as well as years ago, only perhaps a little more feeble. For a 
year she was very ill, and no one ever hoped to see her better again. 
But an operation on her side has relieved her of the previous suffering of 
years. May these lengthened-out days be unto her a time of refinement 
from all that is of earth and its cares, and give her to see the beauty of 
Heaven and Heavenly things, that she may know an increased growth 
in that life which knows no end, of the joys which an immortal world 
can alone give. She wishes to be remembered with love to you all," etc. 

Will of Ann Wilson 

Ann Wilson's I, Ann Wilson, of the City of Baltimore 

Last Will & Testament and the state of Maryland, widow of 

Isaac Wilson, being sick and weak in 
body but of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, con- 
sidering the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the time thereof, 
and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better 
prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call me 
hence, do therefore make and publish this my last Will and Testament, 
in manner and form following, that is to say: 



240 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

First— After all my just debts and funeral expenses are paid, I de- 
vise and bequeath as follows:— 

I give and bequeath unto my sister, Tamar Sitler, Two shares of the 
stock of the Union Bank of Maryland, for her sole and separate use dur- 
ing her life, and at her death to be disposed of as she may direct. I also 
give to her one hundred dollars in money. I also give to her the bed, 
bedstead and bedding on which I now lay. 

I give and bequeath unto my niece, Mary Millington, wife of Mathias 
Millington, one bed, also the large Bureau now standing in my parlour. 

I give and bequeath to my nephew, Hicks Harris, my Eight day 
clock and the fixtures thereby belonging. 

I give and bequeath unto my niece, Ann Cook, wife of Henry Cook, 
my sideboard, also six silver teaspoons. 

I give and bequeath unto my nephew, George Cook, son of my sister 
Jane, my dining table with round legs. 

I give and bequeath unto my niece, Mary Ann Griest, daughter of 
sister Jane, the other dining table. 

I give and bequeath to Mary Cook, daughter of Henry W. and Ann 
Cook, one bed, my small bureau, and my looking glass, the two latter now 
in my bed chamber. I also give and bequeath to their three children, 
Mary, Joseph McCoy, and Henry Clay, each a large silver Table spoon. 

The Balance of my estate, of whatever kind or nature, I desire my 
executors hereafter named to sell or cause to be sold whenever they 
shall deem it most to the interest of said estate, and after paying my 
sister Tamer Sitler the one hundred dollars above bequeathed, and neces- 
sary expenses incurred in settling my estate as above directed, to divide 
the residue in the following manner named, viz. : 

One fifth I desire to be divided between the lawful children* of my 
brother James Hicks, or their legal representatives, share and share alike. 

One fifth I desire to be divided and distributed as follows, viz. : 1/4 
to be given to the children of my niece Mary Graham, share and share 
alike, one-fourth to my niece Beulah Harris, one-fourth to my niece Ann 
Kent, wife of Wm. Kent, and one-fourth to my nephew, Hicks Harris. 

One fifth I give and bequeath to my nephew, Samuel Cook, Jr., son 
of my sister, Jane Cook, during his natural life, the same to be invested 
in some safe security, such as my Executors may decide upon, and at his 
death the same to be disposed of and divided equally between his brothers 
and sisters then living, or in default of these to his nearest relation. 

One fifth I desire to be given to my sister, Bathsheba Newcomer, to 
be invested in some good and safe security such as she and my Executors 
shall decide upon, for her sole and separate use during her life, and at 
her death to be disposed of as she may direct. 

* No trace of this family has been found. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 241 

One fifth I desire to be given to my sister Tamer Sitler, to be in- 
vested, etc. [as above share]. And lastly I do hereby constitute and ap- 
point Israel J. Graham and Heni-y W. Cook to be my Executors to this 
my last Will and Testament, etc. 

17th day, Fourth Month, 1849. 

her 

Ann X Wilson.* 

mark 

Elias Shav^^, 

C. H. Cole, 

Francis S. Cochran. 

Probate, 26th April, 1851. (Baltimore Wills, No. 24, p. 226.) 

55. Ann Hicks, b. 12 mo. 31, 1763. d. 4 mo. , 1851; m. Joseph 

McCoy, b. 5 mo, 18, 1764 ; died 12 mo. 28, 1813 ; buried in the old 
burying ground (Harford Road [?] ) Baltimore. Married 4 mo. 14, 
1819, to Isaac Wilson, of Belmont Co., Ohio;* he died 5 mo. 15, 
1827, and was buried in the Eastern district burying ground (Aisquith 
Street), Baltimore. Ann Wilson died 4 mo., 1851. She had no children. 

IV. (56.) Mary Hicks, b. 3 mo. 31, 1776; d. ; m. Enoch 

Underwood, 1795, and had two children : 

178. James, living, 1830. 

179. Isaac G., living, 1825. 

Baltimore M. M. 11, 29, 1795.— Reports that Mary Underwood (for- 
merly Hicks) had accomplished her marriage by the assistance of a hire- 
ling, etc. At the next meeting the committee inform "that they had 
an opportunity with her parents and are satisfied they had no expectation 
of her accomplishing her marriage from amongst Friends." 

She was then disowned. 
4 mo. 6, 1825. —A letter from Isaac G. Underwood, of Bait., to Joseph 
Kent, at Andrew's Bridge, Lane. Co., Pa., in which he speaks of Uncle 
Isaac Wilson and Beulah Harris. 

12 mo. 19, 1830. —Beulah Harris writes in a letter to Maria J. Kent : 
"Aunt Mary and James Underwood very poorly, aunt's health declining 
for some time past." 

Little more is known of Mary Underwood. Her hus- 
band, Enoch Underwood, died early, and her sons, James and 
Isaac, died when young men, I think unmarried. 

* It may have been because of sickness that Ann Wilson did not sign her 
name, but up to this time education does not seem to have been as general in Balti- 
more as It was further north, possibly because a younger town. In a Friends' mar- 
riage certificate, dated 1822, among ninety-four signers, four women's names were 
written " by request." 

t Received at Bait. M. M., 10th, Tith mo., 1819, from Plainfleld, Ohio. Baltimore 
directory for 1822 gives him as Isaac Wilson, gentleman. 



242 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

IV. (57. ) James Hicks, b. 6 mo. 26, 1767 ; died an infant. 
IV. (58. ) Jane Hicks, dau. of James and Mary Malsby 
Hicks, b. 2 mo. 15, 1770, on Duncale farm, Harford Co., 
Md. ; d. 1 mo. 28, 1849 ; was married, first in 1794 to Wil- 
liam Warner,* of Harford Co., Md. He not being a mem- 
ber of Friends, she was disowned for this marriage, 1st 
mo. 24, 1794. 

Testimony of the Monthly Meeting heldat Baltimore, 24th of 1st mo., 
1794. Against Jane Warner (formerly Hicks), who hath had a right of 
membership with us the people called Quakers, but for want of a due re- 
gard to the dictates of Truth and good order established in the Society 
hath so far departed therefrom as to have her marriage accomplished by 
the assistance of a hireling to a man not of our society, notwithstanding 
she was precautioned to the contrary — which breach of good order we 
testify against and disown her from being any longer in membership 
with us until she comes to a sense of her error and condemn the same to 
the satisfaction of this Meeting, which that she may is our desire. 

She buried one child, a boy, William Warner,! who died 
young. Her husband lived but a short time, and Jane Hicks 
Warner \yas married again, 10 mo. 17, 1797, to Samuel Cook, 
of Warrington, York Co. 

Samuel Cook had a grocery store on Lexington Street, 
near the " New Market," and afterward a feed store at the 
southwest corner of Howard and Franklin streets, Baltimore. 
Their residence, w^here all their children were born, was at 
the northwest corner of Mulberry Street and Strawberry 
Alley (between Howard and Eutaw Streets), a two-story 
house with doi*mer windows, yet standing (1908), that has 
for some years been changed into a beer saloon. 

* Family traditions say her husband's name was Jesse, but I find nothing to 
verify this belief. The son of this marriage may have been called Jesse, but I think 
not. 

t The long gold baby chain and locket belonging to this child, and marked 
with the monogram \V. W., she gave, after all her other children had worn it, to her 
older daughter, Maria Jane Kent. It was again worn by her eleven children, and di- 
vided and worn by many of her grandchildren. Part of it is yet in possession of 
Margaret H. Maule, of Kennett Square, Pa. 

Her gold watch was given her son. Dr. Jesse W. Cook. It is the family belief 
that this son was named for the first husband. The middle name is his, but I think 
.Tefsse is for the father of -Samuol Cook. He gave the watch to his oldest son, Marcel- 
lious, who carried it for many years (a fine gold open-face watch). It was finally stolen 
from him when attending a" fair in Delaware County. Pa., only a few years ago, com- 
paratively, but I do not know the date. 

The locket, with the monogram W. W., was made into a breast-pin and worn 
for many years by Esther Jane Kent (Cloud), the eldest daughter of Maria J. Kent. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 243 

In those days it was the last house out, and the back 
door opened upon the common. Here the children passed 
their early years going to the Friends' School at the " new " 
Lombard Street Meeting House, where the little Maria 
worked her first sampler* in 1812. Here she went to the 
marriage of her grandmother, Mary Malsby Hie ks, in the 
spring of 1811 (the fourth marriage to take place in the 
" new " meeting house), and on the certificate she wrote her 
namet, ' ' Moriah Cook. ' ' 

Jane Warner Cook dressed her daughters, Maria Jane 
and Mary Ann, in the Friends' plain dress of the day. They 
always wore the plain bonnet, one a little smaller than that 
of their elders, and of pure white instead of drab silk. Al- 
though their dress was plain, we have likewise heard of the 
white dresses with fifty tucks run by hand. Dressed 
wholly in white, with white silk bonnets framing their 
sweet young faces, they must, indeed, have resembled the 
lihes of the field, and with a vision of such as they before us, 
we wonder not at Lamb's saying, "Every Quakeress is a 
lily." 





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In 1810, Jane Cook had been reinstated in membership 
with Friends, and the following year her husband and chil- 
dren were received, by request. 

Records 

The Monthly Meeting of Baltimore for the Western District informed 
that Jane Cook, formerly Hicks, had requested to be reinstated in mem- 
bership, and no objection appearing the Clerk was desired to unite with 
the clerk of the Women's in furnishing them with the necessary infor- 
mation. 

» Owned by Maria K. Davis. 

t She had been given by her parents the Bible name of Moriah (Mt. Moriah), 
but afterwards changed it to Maria. 



244 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

' 12, 12, 1810. —Jane Cook was received by her request as a member. 

In the following year Samuel Cook was also received as a member, 
9 mo. 1, 1811, by request. 

Recorded in the book of membership for the Western District, Bal- 
timore : 

Samuel Cook, received by request, 1, 9, 1811. 

Jane Cook, received by request, 12, 12, 1810. 

Their children were : 

Jesse,* born 5, 24, 1801. 

Maria J., born 11, 24, 1803. 

Mary Ann, born 4, 12, 1806. 

Samuel H., born 11, 1, 1808. 

George W., born 6, 20, 1811. 

They were received as members of Baltimore M. Meeting, 11 mo. 13, 
1811. 

The family removed to Warrington, 10 mo. 12, 1819. 

Removal to Warrington 

Heavy losses came to the family in Baltimore: the store 
was burned, and a valuable horse and cow likewise perished. 
Samuel Cook had also endorsed for a ship owner, by whom 
he lost considerable. 

In the fall of 1819 the family removed to Warrington, and 
here Samuel and Jane Cook spent their remaining years. 
They are both buried in the old Warrington Friends' grave- 
yard. 

Jane Cook's name is frequently found in the Meeting 
records at Warrington, where she was an active worker. 
Her husband, in his later years, was a minister. 

The family letters tell of frequent visits to Baltimore and 
elsewhere to visit Meetings and Friends, and one " long car- 
riage trip " (1842), to Ohio, where their son Jesse was living. 

Jane Cook is described by her grandchildren as tall and 
rather thin (unlike her sisters), with small face and very 
regular features, dark eyes and dark hair. Her grand- 
daughter remembers her as an immaculate housekeeper. She 
was likewise a loving wife and mother. 

♦Jesse, in the original recoi'd, does not seem to have been given a middle name. 
He signs as witness to liis grandmother's will, Jesse H. (Hicks;, but seems to have 
later taken the middle name of Warner. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 245 

Marcellious Cook remembers how when a boy he helped his grand- 
mother (after the flax had been carefully dried), to break, scutch and 
hackle it, in which latter process the tow was combed out, carefully 
saved, and afterwards spun for farm bags or for chain for carpets. The 
remaining flax was spun by her (Jane W. Cook) into the linen for the 
household. 

58. Jane Hicks, b. 2 mo. 15, 1770; d. 1 mo. 28, 1849; m. William War- 
ner in 1794. One child, William Warner, died in infancy. Married, 2nd, 
Samuel Cook, son of Jesse and Mary Wierman Cook, b. 1772; d. 2d of 7th 
month, 1857, in the 85th year of his age; m. 10 mo. 17, 1797. 

Samuel and Jane Hicks Cook are both buried at Warrington, York 
County, Pa. 

V. Children of Jane Hicks and Samuel Cook 

180. James H. Cook, b. 7 mo. 1, 1798 ; d. 7 mo. 7, 1800. 

181. Jesse Warner Cook.TI 

182. Maria Jane (Kent).ll 

183. Mary Ann (Griest).lf 

184. Samuel H. Died unmarried. 

185. George W.H 

V. (181.) Jesse W. Cook was born in Baltimore, 5 mo. 24, 
1801, and lived there until eighteen years of age, when he 
removed with his parents to Warrington, York County, 
Pa. (1819). Two years later he was given a certificate to 
York Monthly Meeting, where he was serving as an ap- 
prentice. The following year we find him in Baltimore 
with his grandmother, Mary Hicks Gray, studying medi- 
cine. In 1822 he was married in Baltimore to Elizabeth, 
daughter of Hosea Johns. 

At Warrington Monthly Meeting, held 9th mo. 18, 
1823, Jesse W. Cook made an acknowledgment for his de- 
viation in performing his marriage "contrary to the order 
established amongst Friends," which was accepted, and 
he continued a member. 

On the 20th of 9th mo., 1827, Elizabeth Cook asks for herself and 
three minor children, Marcellious Samuel, Elizabeth Penelope, and The- 
odore, to be received in membership with Friends, which was granted 
two months later. 

In 1833, they removed to Russellville, Chester County, 
Pa., near which his sister, Maria Jane Kent, was living, 
taking with them a certificate from Warrington to New Gar- 



246 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

den Monthly Meeting for themselves and four minor chil- 
dren—Jesse and Hosea Johns having been added to their 
family. Here he farmed and practiced medicine for some 
years, then removed to West Chester, where he practiced 
medicine and kept a boarding school. 

From here Jesse W. and Elizabeth Cook removed''' (1839), 
to Selma, Clarke County, Ohio, and this was their home 
during many of the remaining years of their life. A part of 
the remainder was spent in Cincinnati, where Dr. Cook ac- 
quired a large practice. 

In 1863, Jesse W. Cook was appointed Surgeon, in charge 
of Third Division U. S. Military Hospital at Camp Dennison, 
Ohio, where he writes he was ' ' surrounded by from twelve 
to twenty-four hundred sick and wounded soldiers. ' ' 

From there he was transferred to the U. S. Hospital at 
Jackson, Mich., to superintend its construction; in charge of 
which he continued until the end of the war. 

During these years he attained an enviable reputation as 
a surgeon, and performed every duty faithfully and conscien- 
tiously, winning the esteem and respect of his fellow-man. t 

" It is astonishing, dear sister," he writes (1865), "how time ripens 
our feelings, how differently we see every thing after experience has 
taught us many valuable lessons we will not learn any other way. 
. . . Would that it was possible that our children as they grow up 
could appreciate our advice and profit therefrom, but nature's laws are 
fixed ; they must learn from experience as we did, and I have faith to 
believe that He who directed us thus far is still able and willing to guide, 
care for, and finally save them." 

Jesse W. Cook died 1 mo. 30, 1870, in Madison township, 
in the 69th year of his age, after an illness of fifty-nine days, 
caused by structural disease of the heart. *' Write my sis- 
ters," he said to a friend on his death-bed, " my faith is that 
of the ancient Friends to my last breath." 

* Dr. (!ook removed first to Cincinnati and six years later bouglit ttie farm at 
Selma. 

t He was presented a "Silver service by the citizens as testimony of his ser- 
vices as a physician and worth as an individual." 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 247 

Jesse W. and Elizabeth Cook had ten children, most of 
whom lived to mature years. 

181. Jesse W. Cook, b. 5 mo. 24, 1801, in Baltimore ; d. 1 mo. 30, 1870 ; 
m. 1822, Elizabeth Glade Johns. Lived at Selma (at close of life), 
Clarke County, Ohio. Children : 

643. Marcellious S. Cook, m. first, Harriet B. Whitacre. Chil- 
dren : Esther J., m. (Smith), who left children; (Howard and 
William J. Smith, of Selma, Ohio; Anna, deceased, and Edith 
D. Sharpless, of Toughkenamon, Pa.), and Harriet E. (Schell), 
of Chico, Cal., whose children are Florence, Mabel E., Frank 
M., and Charles Schell, of Chico, Cal. Marcellious S. Cook mar- 
ried, 2nd, Eliza W. Branson. Children: Annie B. Cook, de- 
ceased, 10 mo. 13, 1877; Hadley S. Cook died 4 mo. 28, 1856, 
Elizabeth P. Cook died 8 mo. 27, 1859, and Thamzin H. 
Cook (Lehman), of Dayton, Ohio, who has Howard A., Walter 
D., and Frank Lehman. M. S. Cook, m., 3d, Esther HoUinshead. 
Children: Harvey M. Cook, m. Jennie M. Dance, of Avondale, 
Pa., whose children are Everett D. and Irving C. Cook; 
Harvey M. Cook, Jr., died 5 mo. 13, 1898: and Nathan J. Cook, 
deceased; 4 mo. 13, 1889. 

644. Elizabeth P. Cook, m. Bowen Matlack, merchant, of Cin- 
cinnati. Living at Selma, Ohio. No children. 

645. Theodore M. Cook, a physician, died a young man. 

646. Jesse Warner Cook, died young. 

647. Hosea J. Cook, died young. 

648. Jesse W. Cook. 

649. Jesse W.Cook, Jr., m., 1st, Susan Warner. Children: Bowen 
M., Ella Louise, George Isie, Emma B., Anna H., Maria; 2nd, 
Ellen Smith. Children: Jesse, Elizabeth, Joseph, Minnie, Lil- 
lie, Hattie, Andrew, 3d. Blanche , one daughter, Flo- 
rence, now Mrs. Chester B. Clark, of Chicago. 

650. Andrew W. Cook, physician and surgeon, m. Minnie Simp- 
son. No children. Not living. 

651. Joseph K. Cook, m. Dora W. Dawson. Children: Dawson, 
married, has children, and Willimina, m. Albert Hogue. Two 
children. Not living. 

652. Thomas W. Cook, m., 1st, Mary Wise, and had one child: 
William Cook; m., 2nd, Eliza Hall, one child: Jesse Cook. 

653. Emma Cook, m. Dr. John Blake. Children: Burt C. Blake, 
Lizzie B. Blake (Ditman), Joseph P. Blake. Married again, 
Thomas Galley. No children. Springfield, Ohio. 



248 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 




V. (182) . Maria Jane Cook, daughter of Samuel and Jane War- 
ner Cook, was born in Baltimore, Md., llmo.24, 1803, and 

educated at Friends' 
A Select School, Lom- 

bard Street. When 
sixteen years old the 
family removed to 
Warrington, York 
County, Pa. On 4th 
mo. 29, 1824, she was 
married in the War- 
rington Meeting 
House to Joseph 
Kent,* son of Dan- 
iel and Esther 
Hawley Kent, of 
West Bradford, 
Chester County, Pa. 
Her husband was 
a woolen manufac- 
turer, and the first year of their married life was spent at 
Andrew's Bridge, Lancaster County, Pa., where he had 
rented a woolen mill, and was likewise postmaster. 

The following certificate was forwarded : 
To Fallowfield Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pa. : 

Dear Friends : Maria Jane Kent requests our certificate in order to 
be joined to your meeting; she being removed with her husband and set- 
tled within the limits thereof. On inquiry, no obstructions appearing, we 
recommend her a member to your friendly notice, and are your friends. 

Signed in and on behalf of Warrington Monthly Meeting, held the 
23d of 6th mo. , 1824. 

Jesse Wickersham, ) „, , 
. ^ - Clerks. 

Ann Garretson, S 

Having bought a farm (Maple Grove), on the Little Elk, 
in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County, Pa., they re- 
moved here. 

The farm was mostly woodland, with but little cleared 
land, and with only a small log dwelling, but it contained a 
good water power. Busy years followed, a factory was first 

* Joseph Kent learned his trade at the factory of Elisha Cook, of Deer Creek, 
and was at this time a member of Deer Creek Meeting. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 249 

built and supplied with water power by dam and race, and 
then other buildings followed in rapid succession. A frame 
part was added to the log dwelling, and a stone addition to 
that; finally a roomy brick colonial dwelling was built, with 
barns, outbuildings, mills and tenement houses. And here 
Joseph and Maria Jane Kent spent the remainder of their lives. 
Eleven children came to them, and nine lived to mature 
years and married. Their home was noted for its generous 
hospitality, and travelling Friends were always welcomed 
there and made at home by the gracious, queenly, loving mis- 
tress of the house. 

In 5 mo. , 1846, Maria Jane Kent was recorded a minister 
of London Grove Quarterly Meeting (Western Quarter) of 
Friends. Her especial gift seemed to be the power to reach 
the human heart and, discovering any dormant germs of 
good that might lie hidden there, to awaken them unto life 
and growth. This was more especially true of the young, 
who at once felt the influence of her presence, and the im- 
pulse toward higher living. 

" The task was thine to mould and fashion 
Life's plastic newness into grace ; 
To make the boyish heart heroic, 
And light with thought the maiden's face." 

Her life was one long sermon of loving thought for 
others, to whom she was ever ready to give a helping hand. 

Maria Jane Kent died at Maple Grove, 4th mo. 25, 1881, 
and was buried in the Friends' burying ground at Penn's 
Grove, at which place for so many years she ' ' sat head of the 
meeting." 

Signatures to the marriage certificate of Joseph* and 
Maria Jane Kent, the 29th day of Fourth month, 1824. 




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Then of Deer Creek, Md. 



250 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 



Eli Cookson, 
Ruth McMillan, 
Lavinia Garretson, 
Ann McMillan, 
Joel Wierman, 
Edward Wickersham, 
Isaac P. Garretson, 
Joseph McMillan, 
Enos McMillan, 
David Cadwalader, 
George W. Cook, 
Samuel H. Cook, 
Edith Griest, 
Nathan Cleaver, 
Amos Griest, 
Cyrus Griest, 
Ann Pearson, 
Willing Griest, 
Anne Griest. 



Samuel Cook, 
Jane Cook, 
Mary Ann Cook, 
Elizabeth J. Cook, 
Jesse Cook, Jun^, 
Eliza Cook, 
Mary Cook, 
Daniel Kent, Jr., 
Jesse Cook, 
George P. Cook, 
Elizabeth Kent, 
Samuel C. Cook, 
Anne Cook, 
Sarah Cook. 



Jesse W. Cook, M. D., 
John Cook, 
Hannah Cook, 
Henry Cook, 
Amos Griffiths, 
Mary Griffiths, 
Samuel Cook, 
Matthias Black, 
Mary M. Walker, 
Joel Walker, 
Daniel Cookson, 
Sarah Cookson, 
Geo. Squibb, 
James Wells, 
John Linsberger, 
Susanna McMillan, 
Sarah Cookson, Jun'., 
Mary Ann Wells, 
Jacob McMillan, Jun., 
Sarah McMillan, 
Peter Vale, 
Esther Vale. 

Joseph and Maria Jane Kent made several carriage trips to Ohio and 
Indiana, visiting friends and relatives and attending Ohio and Indiana 
Yearly Meetings. In 1847 Joseph Kent writes in his diary that "eleven 
carriage loads of visiting Friends left Jonathan Wright's on their way to 
Indiana Yearly Meeting, going that day forty- four miles." In the party, 
beside themselves, were Eleazer Haviland and companion, Jacob Wil- 
lets, Lucretia Mott and companion, E. Peart and T. Paxton, Joseph 
Dugdale and others. Their usual rate of traveling in their rockaway, 
with one horse, when not visiting or in mountainous districts, was from 
thirty-three to fifty-one miles a day. 

182. Maria J. Cook, b. 11 mo. 24, 1803, in Baltimore; d. 4 mo. 25, 1881; 
m. 4 mo. 29, 1824, at Warrington Meeting House, Joseph Kent, son 
of Daniel and Esther Hawley Kent; b. 6 mo. 30, 1794; d. 7 mo. 13, 
1863. They are both buried at Penn's Grove, Chester County, Pa. 
Their children were: 

654. Mary Jane Kent, b. 3 mo. 12, 1825, died an infant. 

655. Esther Jane Kent, b. 3 mo. 10, 1826; d. 7 mo. 20, 1902; m. 3 
mo. 13, 1850, James Cloud, b. 12 mo. 1812; d. 7 mo. 20, 1902. 
Both were buried in one grave at Penn's Grove, Chester 
County, Pa. Esther Jane Cloud was a noble, self-sacrificing 
woman. Children : 

Lydia Maria, b. 12 mo. 2, 1851; d. 11 mo. 24, 1863. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 251 

Mary Ella, b. 5 mo. 10, 1853; m. 2 mo. 20, 1873, Samuel H. 
Broomell. Children : John Hoivard, b. 1 mo. 18, 1874; m. 3 mo. 17, 
1899, Evaleen Lydia Coates. Children: Helen, b. 4 mo. 7, 1902; Alice, 
b. 6 mo. 7, 1906. Edward, b. 3 mo, 17, 1876; m. 6 mo. 25, 1899, Tacy 
Duell Coles. Children: Gladys, b. 3 mo. 29; 1900; Lawrence, b. 2 mo. 9, 
1904. Ella, b. 6 mo. 30, 1878. Annie, b. 11 mo. 21, 1880; m. 8 mo. 27, 
1902, John Paul Harlan. Children : Paul Deaver, b. 2 mo. 4, 1903; 
Edith, b. 10, mo. 10, 1905; Florence, b. 7 mo., 5, 1907. 

This family live near Lincoln University, Pa. 

Kent, b. 4 mo. 15, 1856; m. 12 mo. 10, 1884, Annie Elizabeth Scotten. 
Children : Mary Esther, b. 9 mo. 2, 1885; James Kent, b. 10 mo. 2, 1887 ; 
William Davis, b. 11 mo. 19, 1889. 

This family live in Philadelphia. 

Franklin Davis, b. 1 mo. 29, 1859; d. 1 mo. 4, 1864. 

Charles Fremont, b. 7 mo. 9, 1862; m. 10 mo. 25, 1892, Martha Fenton. 
Children: James Fenton, b. 3 mo. 8, 1894; Esther, b. 10 mo. 8, 1895; Sara, 
b. 8 mo. 30, 1897; Chester Montgomery, b. 11 mo. 13, 1899; Helen, b. 5 
mo. 11, 1903. Address, Norristown, Pa. 

Annie, b. 7 mo. 22, 1866; m. 3 mo. 14, 1889, James Harvey Crowl. 
Children: Esther Cloud, b. 1 mo. 26, 1892; Horace David, b. 10 mo. 9, 
1893; d. 1 mo. 22, 1895; Ernest Cecil, b. 1 mo. 23, 1896; James Eves, b. 2 
mo. 8, 1900. Address, Oxford, Pa. 

656. Mary Anna Kent, b. 4 mo. 21, 1828; d. 9 mo. 12, 1865; m. 3 
mo. 15, 1849, at Maple Grove (home) to John Barnard, son of 
Joseph C. and Phebe Williams Barnard, b. 2 mo. 8, 1821 ; d. 8 
mo. 11, 1854. Both were bui'ied at Penn's Grove. Their chil- 
dren were : Lorenzo, b. 10 mo. 29, 1851; d. 9 mo. 12, 1852; Ella 
Kent Barnard, b. 7 mo. 14, 1853. 

" She was a woman of rare sweetness and beauty of character." — 
Mary Scai-lett Dixon, M. D. 

657. Susanna Harris Kent, b. 12 mo. 15, 1829; d. 7 mo. 19, 1857; 
m. 2 mo. 16, 1854 (at home), William C. Worthington, of Dar- 
lington, Harford County, Md. Both are buried at Darlington 
Meeting House. They had two children: J. Kent Worthing- 
ton, b. 11 mo. 20, 1854; d. 7 mo. 5, 1896; buried at Darlington; 
m., 10 mo. 17, 1878, Josephine G. Harlan. Child: J. Kent 
Worthington, Jr., M. D., b. 1 mo. 14, 1882, now of Roosevelt 

Hospital, New York; and Susanna, b. 7 mo. 1857; d. > 

1857, b. at Penn's Grove. 

658. Joseph Hawley Kent, b. 4 mo. 3, 1832, d. 5 mo. 3, 1899; m. 
8 mo. 1, 1865, to Lydia, daughter of Joshua Matthews, of 
Darlington, Harford County, Md.; b. 4 mo. 30, 1834; d. 2 mo. 
8, 1875. Both were buried at Penn's Grove. Children : 



252 IHE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Maria Jane, b. 4 mo. 17, 1868; m. 4 mo. 26, 1893, to Edwin B. New- 
comer, of Philadelphia. Children: Beatrice Kent, b. 3 mo. 10, 1895; 
Esther Anne, b. 2 mo. 20, 1898. Maria Kent Newcomer owns the Kent 
homestead, "Maple Grove" farm. Annie Matthews, b. 4 mo. 26, 1871, 
lives at her father's home, "Kentmere, ", Lincoln University, Pa. 
George Matthews, b. 2 mo. 4, 1875; d. 3 mo. 1, 1875. 

Joseph H. Kent was a nurseryman, fruit-grower and farmer. After 
the battle of Bull Run, during the Civil War, he went out with the mi- 
litia, but did not re-enlist when his term expired. He was a man of 
strong intellect and sterling worth, well read and a keen observer. He 
was of commanding presence, dignified and I'etiring in manner, and a 
loving and indulgent father. 

659. Maria Elizabeth Kent, b. 4 mo. 9, 1834; d. ; m. 4 mo. 

30, 1857, at home, a son of Daniel and Mary Wright Davis, of 
Bedford County, Pa., Franklin Davis, of Staunton, Virginia; b. 1 
mo. 14, 1829; d. 10 mo. 15, 1895; buried at Baltimore, Friends' 
Harford Road Cemetery. Children: Howard, b. 8 mo. 25, 1858; 
m. 12 mo. 15, 1881, Ida Weldin. Children : Franklin, b. 1 mo. 
5, 1884; d. 7 mo. 5, 1884; Ernest Leroy, b. 2 mo. 26, 1885; 
Helen, b. 9 mo. 5, 1887; Howard Barnard, b. 1 mo. 2, 1890; d. 
7 mo. 3, 1890. Edwin, b. 12 mo. 25, 1859; d. 2 mo. 3, 1898; m. 
6 mo. 3, 1884, Mary Register Pope. Children: Franklin 
David (of Media, Pa.), b. 3 mo. 21, 1885; m. 10 mo. 28, 1907, 
Muriel Janney; Mary Cardean, b. 4 mo. 2, 1887; Evalyn, b. 7 mo. 
14, 1889; m. 1908, Hugh Avary, of Atlanta, Ga.; Edwin Kent, 
b. 7 mo. 17, 1893; Dorothy, b. 2 mo. 29, 1896. Mary, b. 11 mo. 
9, 1861; d. 2 mo. 14, 1863. Joseph, b. 11 mo. 5, 1863; m. 7 mo. 
9, 1899, Clara Elizabeth Parlett. Children . Franklin, b. 4 mo. 
5, 1890; Joseph Kent, b. 9 mo. 25, 1891; d. 6 mo. 17, 1892; 
Maria Wood, b. 1 mo. 28, 1893 ; Parlett, b. 9 mo. 17, 1894 ; 
Lucy, b. 7 mo. 9, 1896; Nancy Zenobia, b. 7 mo. 6, 1900. This 
family is living in Baltimore. Annie, b. 1 mo. 8, 1866. Maria, 
b. 12 mo. 26, 1867 ; m. 2 mo. 9, 1893, Charles Lee Fulton, of 
Baltimore. Children: Arthur Davis, b. 5 mo. 27, 1894; Charles 
Lee, Jr., b. 11 mo. 16, 1895; Franklin Davis, b. 10 mo, 14, 
1897 ; Maria Kent, b. 11 mo. 16, 1900; David Mercier Fulton, b. 
11 mo. 13, 1903. William, b. 7 mo. 15, 1870; d. 9 mo. 16, 1870. 
Arthur, b. 10 mo. 26, 1875 ; d. 1 mo. 12, 1879. George, b. 5 
mo. 26, 1878; d. 7 mo. 12, 1880. 
Although living in the Valley of Virginia during the Civil War, 
Franklin and Maria Davis suffered no hardships, excepting loss and de- 
struction of property. After the war, the feeling was more bitter toward 
Northern people, and this finally caused their removal from Rich- 
mond. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 253 

He was several times drafted, but paid a substitute. In the final 
draft, when all men from sixteen to forty-five years of age were taken, 
he was ill with an attack of bilious fever, and so escaped. He several 
times "ran the blockade," to attend to business in the North. 

Confederate money was plentiful. They paid fifty cents per pound 
for coffee, and muslin and calico were twenty dollars per yard. Flour they 
paid for in gold, and it was ten dollars per barrel. Atone time Franklin 
Davis sold the hat off his head, a new one, for $1000. 

He was a prosperous business man, upright and just. 

660. Samuel C. Kent, b. 6mo. 8, 1836; d. 7 mo. 23, 1894; buried at 
West Grove, Chester Co., Pa. Married Anna Kirby, 2 mo. 8, 
1866. Married, 12 mo. 21, 1871, Emma C. Mosher (a widow 
with two children, Edgar C. Mosher and Frankie, b. Jan. 13, 
1863). They had one child, Marian Kent, b. 12 mo, 25, 1878; d. 
1 mo. 6, 1880. 

661. Jesse Warner Kent, b. 8 mo. 26, 1838; d., 3 mo. 7, 1843. 

662. Hadley Kent, b. 2 mo. 19, 1842; d. 7 mo. 30, 1906; m. 2 mo. 23, 
1888, at Flora Dale, Adams Co., Fa., Viola Whitson, b. 8 mo. 
5, 1860, Pleasant Valley, Juniata Co., Pa. No children. Had- 
ley Kent was always thoughtful and considerate of others, 
and earnest in his endeavors to lead a Christian life. 

663. Jessie Mira Kent, b. 5 mo. 3, 1844; d. ; m. 10 mo, 18, 

1871, to Howard Gourley, of Philadelphia, b. 10 mo. 1, 1844; d. 
3 mo. 9, 1881. They had one child, Alice Kent Gourley, b. 1 
mo. 17, 1877. Address, Kennett Square, Pa. 

664. Margaret Hicks Kent, b. 1 mo. 24, 1850; d. ; m. 3 mo. 

31, 1885, to William Maule, of Kennett Square, Pa. They 
have two children: Philip Kent, b. 12 mo. 24, 1885, and Edith 
Maria, b. 10 mo. 29, 1891. 

Biography 

660. Samuel C. Kent was with his brother-in-law, 
Franklin Davis, in the nursery business in Staunton, Virginia, 
before the War, and later in partnership with him at Rich- 
mond, Virginia. They were successful but strictly conscien- 
tious business men. When the nursery was removed to Bal- 
timore, in 1877, Samuel C. Kent retired from the firm, buy- 
ing a farm at West Grove, Pa. , where the remainder of his 
life was spent. 

He was much interested in Jersey and Guernsey cattle, 
and imported several herds. With his brother-in-law, Frank- 



254 IHE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

lin Davis, and one or two friends, he started the Kent and 
Bissell Cattle Ranche in Wyoming, of which he was president 
and treasurer. 

Being in Stanton when the Civil War broke out, he ' 'ran 
the blockade," and made his way to Norfolk, where he was 
fortunate in meeting a party of officers of the Northern Army 
who had come from Washington on a secret mission in the 
Chesapeake. He was taken on board and made welcome 
among them. His pocket-book, filled with Confederate 
money, the officers divided, and generously gave him green- 
backs in their stead. 

He was deeply attached to his own meeting, and to the 
Society of Friends, and especially interested in the education 
of its younger members. He was always ready with influ- 
ence and money to aid the Meeting, and any good cause. 

He left bequests to Penn's Grove Monthly Meeting, to 
West Grove Preparative Meeting and to New Garden Monthly 
Meeting of Friends. 

He was a man of sound judgment, "upright in all his deal- 
ings, charitable to all." He was a man of great energy and 
ceaseless activity, interested in current events and well read. 
He was a loving, tender and generous husband and 
father. ' 'Few men had such an affectionate disposition, and 
lovable tenderness." 

V. (183). Mary A. Cook, daughter of Samuel and Jane 
Warner Cook, was born in the city of Baltimore, 4th mo. 
12, 1806, and resided there until she was twelve years of 
age, when her parents moved to Warrington, York Co. , 
Pa. On 2nd mo. 29, 1826, she was married in Warrington 
meeting house to Cyrus Griest, son of Willing and Anne 
McMillan Griest, and they together commenced a life of 
industry and economy on a farm in the same neighbor- 
hood. 

In the spring of 1839, they purchased a farm at Menal- 
len, Adams Co., Pa., and with their six httle children 
moved into the house, which, with some remodehng and 
enlarging, remained their home during life. Three were 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 255 

added to their little flock, and all, five sons and four 
daughters, grew to manhood and womanhood under the 
care and influence of this loving mother. 

In recalling the experiences of that home life, among 
the strongest impressions left with her children are their 
mother's unselfish devotion to the best and highest inter- 
ests of her family, and her deep concern that each son and 
daughter should go out from that home circle with every 
talent fully occupied, and with a "conscience void of of- 
fense towards God and man." 

She was an earnest and consistent member of the So- 
ciety of Friends, filled many positions of responsibility 
and trust in the meeting, and used every endeavor that her 
children should understand and value its principles and 
testimonies, believing them to be efficient aids for accept- 
able religious service and all right living. 

Her sympathy and loving ministrations did not stop 
with the home, but in times of trouble and affliction, when- 
ever or wherever sbught, they were freely given. 

183. Mary Ann Cook, b. 4 mo. 12, 1806; d. 7 mo. 10, 1884; m. 2 mo. 
29, 1826, to Cyrus Griest, son of Willing and Anne McMillan 
Griest, b. 5 mo. 29, 1803, d. 11 mo. 3, 1869. They are both buried 
at Menallen Friends' Meeting House. Children: 
665. Hiram Griest, b. 12 mo. 9, 1826; m. 1 mo. 27, 1849, to 
Louisa Ellis, dau. of William and Elizabeth Ellis, b. 6 mo. 14, 
1825; d. 10 mo. 19, 1903. Hiram Griest is living in Benders- 
ville, Adams Co., Pa. Children: 
\ Lavinia, b. 11, 13, 1849. 
"I Virginia, b. 11, 13, 1849, d. 1860. 
Lavinia m. Hibbard Moore. Children: Edgar Hiram, b. 4 
mo. 2, 1874; Jesse Howard, b. 8 mo. 20, 1884. Living in 
Oketo, Kansas. 
Ellis, b. 10 mo. 24, 1851; d. 1860. 
Mary Elizabeth, b. 7 mo. 4, 1853; m. 7 mo. 14, 1878, Howard 

Gove. No children. 
Emma, b. 3 mo. 21, 1856; m. Maurice Walton. Children: 
Florence Estelle, m. June, 1904, Otto Koch; Elizabeth 
Hopkins; Chester; Edna Dorothy. Emma Walton is living 
455 West Park St., Portland, Oregon. 



256 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

J Harris, b. 6 mo. 20, 1859; d. in his 33d year. 

"j Hadley, b. 6 mo. 20, 1859; m. 1884, Gladys Conley. Chil- 
dren: Raymond Hadley, b. 1885; Ellis Llewellyn, b. 1887; 
Hazel, b. 1890; Paul Vroman, b. 1892; Esther, b. 1894; 
Kenneth Howard, b. 1898; Leon Clark, b. 1900; Donald 
Hiram, b. 1903; Helen, b. 1906. Living in Pasadena, Cali- 
fornia. 

Adele, b, 9 mo. 22, 1863; d. , 1895; m. Richard Wright. 

Children: Russell N., Carroll, Ethel, Estella. 

666. George M. Griest, b. 8 mo. 24, 1828: d. 8 mo. 1, 1853, of 
cholera in Virginia. 

667. Jane C. Griest, b. 9 mo. 3, 1830; d. 9 mo. 14, 1899; m. 1854, 
Abel T. Wright, son of William and Rachel Wright, b. 9 mo. 
21, 1810; d. 9 mo. 11, 1869. Also Jane C. Wright, m. 10 mo. 
19, 1876, William Whitson, b. 1 mo. 23, 1818, son of Michael 
and Mary Whitson. 

668. Annie M. Griest, b. 11 mo. 20, 1832; d. 11 mo. 14, 1900. 

669. Cyrus S. Greist, b. 3 mo. 1, 1835; m. 3 mo. 20, 1861, Letitia 
Broomell, b. 8 mo. 2, 1837, d. 5 mo. 5, 1898; dau. of John and 
Esther Broomell, of Russelville, Chester Co. Pa. Living in 
Guernsey, Adams Co., Pa. Children: 

Emelie Belle, b. 6 mo. 3, 1862. 

Mary E., b. 5 mo. 21, 1864. 

Florence, b. 5 mo. 4, 1866; m. 11 mo. 17, 1807, Charles Mich- 

ener. Children: Cyrus, b. 11 mo. 7, 1888; d. 1, 27, 1893; 

Anna Marguerite, b. 4 mo. 10, 1893; C. Raymond, b. 3 mo. 

5, 1895. 
Elizabeth, b. 7 mo. 18, 1868. 
George G., b. 4 mo. 21, 1873; m. 8 mo. 4, 1898, Harriet 

Asher. Address 521 W. lljth Street, New York City. 
C. Arthur, b. 8 mo. 25, 1878; m. 11 mo. 3, 1901, Lola E. 

Wierman. Children: Harold W., b. 3 mo. 1, 1903; d. 4 mo. 

11, 1905; Kathryn, b. 3 mo. 5, 1906. 
Maurice E., b. 9. mo. 22, 1882. 
Cyrus S. Griest, m. 11 mo. 21, 1900, M. Alice Wright, 

dau. of Hiram and Alice G. Wright, b. 7 mo. 14, 1858. 

670. Jesse W. Griest, b. 6 mo. 20, 1837; d. 3 mo. 20, 1885; m. 5 
mo. 7, 1863, Mary Hollinshead, d. 7 mo. 10, 1866, aged 26 years, 
6 mo. 15 days, dau. of Charles and Esther Hollinshead. Children : 

Ella M., b. 5 mo. 6, 1864; m. Josiah Prickett. Children: 
Jesse C, b, 2 mo. 10, 1889; d. 4 mo. 12, 1894; Chester C, 
b. 8 mo. 12, 1895; d. 7 mo. 15, 1896; Eleanor S., b. 5 mo. 
29, 1897; Esther G., b. 1 mo. 4, 1899; Mary H., b. 4 mo. 26, 
1900. Address of this family, Flora Dale, Adams Co., Pa. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 257 

Esther H., b. 5 m. 28, 1865; d. 10 mo. 27, 1894; m. A. Clark 
Vroman, of California, 10 mo. 12, 1892. 

Charles E., b. 7 mo. 10, 1866; d. aged 2 months. 

Jesse W. Griest, m. 3 mo. 16, 1869, Sibbilla Moore, b. 12 

mo. 27, 1835; d. 8 mo. 24, 1904; dau. of Ziba and Mary 

B. Moore. Jesse W. Griest was agent of the Otoe Indians 

in Grant's administration. 

671. Maria E. Griest, b. 3 mo. 7, 1840; m. 4 m. 30, 1863, Charles 

J. Tyson, b. 9 mo. 5, 1838; d. 12 mo. 22, 1906, son of E. Comly 

and Susan Griffith Tyson. 

"Charles J. Tyson was born in New Jersey in 1838 and 
went to Adams County, Pa., when quite a young man, 
and there carved out the prosperous career of a self- 
made man, having the esteem and respect of a wide circle 
of friends and acquaintances. He possessed a progres- 
sive spirit which he carried into all his undertakings. He was 
not satisfied with any kind of doing, but his effort was to excel. 
It was not the spirit to have things better than others, but to 
have them done as well as they could be done. This spirit was 
manifested in his nurseries, the care of his farm, in the beau- 
tifying of the surroundings of the home on the farm, and his 
influence had a far-reaching effect in his section of the county. 
His home became a type of the most beautiful country home 
in all the country about, with the effect toward the uplifting 
and development of the beauty of other homes. He took an 
active interest in everything involving the benefit and advan- 
tage of the community. His influence was ever for better con- 
ditions. " — From Gettysburg Compiler, Wednesday, December 
26. 1906. 

Maria E. Tyson is living in Guernsey, Adams County, 
Pa. Children : Edwin C, b. 8 mo. 28, 1864; m. 6 mo., 9, 1887, 
Mary W. Hawxhurst. Children: Mary Muriel, b. 3 mo. 4, 
1889; Esther Corinne, b. 5 mo. 2, 1894. Mary A., h. 8 mo. 1, 
1866; m. 4 mo. 3, 1888, Zachariah J. Peters. Children: Wal- 
ace Vernon, b. 8 mo. 22, 1889; Maria Edith, b. 9 mo. 25, 1891; 
Esther Vroman, b. 8 mo. 8, 1894 ; Elizabeth Mary, b. 6 mo. 28, 
1896; d. 12 mo. 31, 1896; Eleanor Myra, b. 9 mo. 17, 1904. 
Chester J., b. 9 mo. 4, 1877; m., 2 mo. 19, 1901, Bertha C. 
Hawxhurst. Children : Donald Charles, b. 1 mo. 19, 1902; 
Robert William, b. 7 mo. 3, 1903. Elizabeth Charity, b. 8 mo. 
23, 1904 ; Margaret Janet, b. 5 mo. 3, 1906; Frederick Carrol, 
b. 2 mo. 9, 1908. William Cyrus, b. 9 mo. 24, 1879. 
672. Elizabeth M. Griest, b. 12 mo. 26, 1843; m. 3 mo. 22, 1866, 
to Andrew J. Koser, son of Henry and Margaret Koser. 



258 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Child : George Wilmer Koser, b. 6 mo. 13, 1869; m. 6 mo. 3, 

1891, Elizabeth Janney; d. 3 mo. 12, 1906. Child: Margaret 

Janney, b. 9 mo. 25, 1892. 

Elizabeth M. Koser was appointed assistant clerk of Baltimore Yearly 

Meeting in 1884, and has missed being at the clerk's table, either as clerk 

or assistant, only two Yearly Meetings since that date. She has for 

some years been clerk of the joint Yearly Meeting of men and women 

Friends. 

673. Amos W. Griest, b. 8 mo. 24, 1848; m. 1 mo. 28, 1875, Eliza 
R. Wright, b. 2 mo. 26, 1852, daughter of Charles and Hannah 
G. Wright. Child: Frederic Erie Griest, b. 3 mo. 4, 1883. 

Most of these families, the descendants of Cyrus and 
Mary Ann Griest, still belong to the same meeting to which 
they belonged — Menallen, in Adams County, Pa. —ten miles 
from Gettysburg. 

Charles J. and Maria Tyson were living in Gettysburg 
during the battle. They left their home, when ordered to do 
so because of the bombardment, and when they returned 
found little disturbed. Bureau drawers had been emptied and 
all articles of linen taken. On the Brussels carpet in the 
parlor was a quarter of a peck of ashes where the rebel officers 
had burned their dispatches, but strange to say the carpet 
was not even singed. 

After the battle of Gettysburg a party of North Carolina 
Quakers (the Hinshaw brothers) , who had been forced to ac- 
company the Southern army, but who had refused to fight, 
finding themselves at liberty, inquired if there were Friends 
near the battlefield, and made their way to the Menallen 
neighborhood, and went quietly to work in the harvest fields 
of Cyrus Griest and others. They were arrested by the 
United States Marshal, as deserters, and thrown in Fort Del- 
aware, but were soon liberated through the influence of the 
Philadelphia Friends. 
V. (184). Samuel H. Cook, b. 11 mo. 1808; d. 2 mo. 25, 1852. 

never married. 
V. (185). George W. Cook, youngest child of Samuel and 

Jane Warner Cook, was born in Baltimore, 6 mo. 20, 1811. 

On 8 mo. 22, 1832, at Warrington Monthly Meeting, Geo. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 259 

W. Cook and Elizabeth Walker (daughter of Asahel and 
Mary Walker) were given full liberty to accomplish their 
marriage. The early years of their married life were 
spent on a farm in that neighborhood. 

In 1839 they, with their two minor children, Asahel W. 
and Maria Jane, were given a certificate to remove within 
the limits of New Garden Monthly Meeting, but before 
many years they returned to Warrington, where they 
dwelt during the remaining years of their parents' lives, 
living in part of the house with them, and farming their 
place. "^ Finally, in 1857, they removed to Indiana, 
taking the following certificate from Warrington Monthly 
Meeting: 

To Fall Creek Monthly Meeting, Indiana : 

Dear Friends: 

George W. and Elizabeth Cook 

requests our certificate for themselves and their seven minor children, 

viz. : Maria Jane, Samuel, Sarah Ann, Mary Elizabeth, Georgiana, Jesse 

G. , and Ruth Emma, to your meeting, and no obsti-uction appearing we 

recommend them as members and are your friends. 

Signed on behalf of Warrington Monthly Meeting, held 11 mo. 19, 

1857. 

Benjamin Garretson, 

Rhoda Garretson, 

Clerks. 

Here they were conscientious, useful members of the 
community in which they Hved, and have left many de- 
scendants who are to-day following in their footsteps. 

1st month, 1747, George Cook writes his brother-in-law, Joseph 
Kent: "Susanna tells me thee is taking a city paper published by an asso- 
ciation of Friends [if I recollect aright the name of the paper is the In- 
telligencert], that thee is very much pleased with it, and as I have long 
wanted to take a city paper that would give general and useful informa- 
tion and that is not taken up with advertisements of patent medicines 

*7 mo., 1846, Samuel Cook writes to his daughter Maria: •'! have helped every 
day (since harvest commenced* a little to bind after the cradle, and reap some and 
rake." He was now seventy-four years old. 

fThe present Friends lutelligencer was tlrst published in 1844. It was first 
iasued, however, in 1838, and probably continued a part of the second year. Its 
publisher was Isaac T. Hopper and its editor .Jame.^ S. Gibbons. It was then dis- 
continued until 1844. 



260 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

and political controversies, I wish thee would please send me a copy so 
that I may see about subscribing for it." 

185, George W. Cook, b. 6 mo. 20, 1811; d. : m. 8 mo. 30, 1832, to 

Elizabeth Walker. The family moved to Indiana, where both 
George and Elizabeth Cook died. Their children were: 

674. Asahel W. Cook, b. 6 mo. 14, 1833; m. Hannah C . Chil- 
dren: Thressa Caroline; Annie Elizabeth; George W. ; Mary 
Ellen; Sarah Jane; Ida Jane; Melissa. 

675. Maria Jane Cook, b. 11 mo. 24, 1834; m. Benjamin S. Co- 
cayne. Their children were: Ida; Thomas; Mary Elizabeth; 
Georgiana. 

676. Samuel M. Cook, b. 10 mo. 24, 1836; m. Lydia . Chil. 

dren: Charles; Edwin; (baby daughter). 

677. Sarah Ann Cook, b. 9 mo. 10, 1839; m. Silas Williams. 
Children: William A,, Elizabeth C; Caleb S.; Ruth Emma. 

678. Mary Elizabeth Cook, b. 9 mo. 9, 1842; m. Tunis Cox. Chil- 
dren: Benjamin Cox; Grace Anna Cox; Martha Frances 
Cox. 

679. Georgiana Cook, b. 1 mo. 10, 1845; m. William Lukens. 
Children: Lydia Ann; Asahal C. ; Stella Lukens. 

680. Jesse George Cook, b. mo. 8, 1849; m. Adda . Children: 

Harlen and Adda Jessie. 

Theodore Cook, b. mo. 17, 1851. 

681. Ruth Emma Cook, b. , m. Charles Omer Van Winkle. 

Children: Charles Omer; Jessie Aletha. 

IV. (59) . David Hicks, born 3 mo. 15, 1774, was the second 
son of James and Mary Malsby Hicks. No record of his 
death has been found. 

1790, 11, 29, the records of Little Falls M. Meeting state that David 
Hicks has joined the Methodists, and that after the usual visit of in- 
quiry he is disowned from this meeting. 

Maria Jane Kent writes to her mother Jane (Hicks) Cook, of War- 
rington. "My love to Uncle David and all friends." 1 mo. 28, 1827. 

David Hicks was a Methodist minister [?], but there are 
no further records relating to him. He never married. 

IV. (60). Bathsheba Hicks, dau. of James and Mary 
Malsby Hicks, was born in Harford Co., Md., 4 mo. 15, 
1776. She was the last of the daughters to marry, and at 
the time of her father's death was at home, and is willed. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 261 

among other things, a brown colt, saddle and 
bridle. 

Three years later she is married to Robert Johnson, and 
disowned from Friends, although she expresses a wish to 
be retained a member. At the time of their return to 
Harford Co. , Bathsheba Hicks is granted a certificate of 
removal to Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, in 1805. 

From Gunpowder M. M., 7 m. 24th, 1811: 

The committee in Bathsheba Johnson's case produced the following 
report, viz: — 

We the committee appointed to treat with Bathsheba Johnson re- 
port that in company with another friend we have had an opportunity 
with her in which she expresses a desire to be continued in membership 
but also a submission to friends. As we understood she was seasonably 
cautioned we leave judgment in this case wholly to the Monthly Meeting. 
Signed: Edward Churchman, 

Elizabeth West, 
Ruth Whitaker, 
Elizabeth Amos. 
Whereupon Edw. Churchman and Amos Smith were appointed to pre- 
pare a testimony against her if no cause to forbear and produce at next 
Monthly Meeting. 

At the next M. Meeting the following was produced, approved and 
signed: 

Bathsheba Johnson, late Hicks, having after timely caution accom- 
plished her marriage contrary to our rules, we hereby disown her from 
membership with us until she return to the satisfaction of friends, which 
she may is our desire. 

Her home was at the corner of Baltimore and Light Sts. 
(where "The Hub" now stands), across from the old "Foun- 
tain Inn. ' ' It was a big square house, two stories, with dor- 
mer windows. 

Her husband died, leaving her with two boys— James 
Hicks and Joseph McCoy Johnson. 

"Aunt Bashaby" was a very handsome woman, growing 
stout in her later years. Her step son still living (1902) de- 
scribes her as "tall and remarkably handsome, as was also her 
sister, Tamar, who much resembled her. ' ' 

In 1824, when Lafayette visited America, he was enter- 




262 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

tained by "Aunt Bashaby." Her niece has told the story in 
this wise. Lafayette was staying at the old Fountain Inn, 
and when returning from a drive, as the carriage turned down 
Light St., saw "Aunt Bashaby" 
standing in her door. Struck by 
her appearance, he asked that 
he might be introduced to her. 
The introduction soon followed, 
and Lafayette was invited to 
tea, and the invitation was ac- 
cepted. The teapot from which 
he was served on this momen- 
tous occasion is a treasured 
heirloom in the family,— has 

figured at various Colonial exhibitions, and is now owned by 
the widow of her grand nephew, Joseph Cook, having been 
given to her sister, Tamar Sitler. 

Bathsheba Johnson was married a second time to David 
Newcomer, of Hagerstown, Md. , a widower with children, 
and there spent her later years. 

5 mo. 19, 1844, Israel J. Graham writes in a letter to his cousin, 
Maria J. Kent: "We have lately had a visit from Uncle David and Aunt 
Bathsheba Newcomer. Aunt looks remarkably well and is very fleshy. 
Uncle David was tolerably well. 

"They were down at the time of the great Whig Convention, a time 
of great stir and excitement in our city, which well might be expected 
when we consider that there was added some forty or fifty thousand 
strangers to our present population, but which I am pleased to say all 
passed off without the occurrence of any serious accident, which too often 
is the result of such immense gatherings for political purposes." 

David Newcomer died, 1857, and his wife, Bathsheba, 
lived several years longer. She, Bathsheba, was buried in 
the Salem Reformed churchyard, near Clear Spring, Md., 
four and a half miles N. W. of Hagerstown, and the date of 
her death is inscribed there. 

Children of Bathsheba Hicks and Robert Johnson 

V. (186). Joseph McCoy Johnson, b. 1812, d. 1895. Was 
twice married and left one child. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 263 

682. Cherrie Johnson, m. Charles Ransom Morse, of Grinnel, 
Iowa. 

V. (187). James Hicks Johnson, M. D., born in Baltimore, 
moved to Tenn., about 1835 ; later to Mississippi, where 
he died, 1844. Children : 

683. James Hicks Johnson, of Canton, Miss.; b. Aug. 9, 1837: 
died 1902. Hisfirst wife's children were: Lina; Nannie; James 
Hicks; Sudie; Mattie Lou and Robert. His second wife, the 
sister of the first, had children: Katie; Bessie; Hughes. H 

684. R. Newcomer Johnson, Pilot Point, Denton Co., Texas; b. 
Feb. 16, 1839; d. Sept. 1901, at Pilot Point, Texas. Children 
living: Jessie Anna; Roberta and Joseph. Two died. 

R. Newcomer Johnson was a merchant. 

685. Susan M. Johnson, b. 1842, married William L. Noel, and 
had six children, three of whom are living (1899). 

686. Joseph T. Johnson, b. 1844, was killed in the battle of 
Peachton Creek, Ga., July 21, 18(>4. Under Hood and against 
McPherson. 

IV. (61). Henry Hicks, b. 6 mo. 5, 1779, d. 11 mo. 4, 1797. 
Biography of James H. Johnson 

James Hicks Johnson, Jr., son of James Hicks Johnson, 
M. D., was born in Madisonville, Madison Co., Miss., Aug. 
9, 1837, and died, Dec. 28, 1902. 

His father died when he was seven years old, leaving 
the family in comfortable circumstances. His mother soon 
after married a wealthy man. At fourteen he was taken 
from school and put to work. Greatly desiring an educa- 
tion, he studied at night, until he acquired a fair education. 
He began life as a clerk. 

Moving in the most exclusive circles, he met and married, 
at the age of twenty-two, Mattie Powell, the grand-niece of 
President Zachary Taylor, one of the wealthiest girls of the 
South. Her father, a slave holder, had given his daughter 
the best education to be had. She was gifted with a beauti- 
ful voice, which was trained by a French teacher who had 
taught the children of the "crowned heads" of Europe. 

After his marriage, James Hicks Johnson became a 
planter, until after the war, when he was a merchant. Per- 
sonally he was a man to command respect, and still better one 



264 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

who deserved it. He was a member of the Methodist church, 
and led a pure hfe. 

His children were: Lina, Nancy, Sue, James, Sallie, 
Mattie and Robert. 

And by his second wife, the sister of his first: Katie, 
Bessie, Hughes, 

Lina and Sue are dead. 
VI. (62) . Tamar Hicks was born 6 mo. 19, 1781, and was 
disowned for marrying one not a member in 1804, 4th mo. 
12th. 

She married Daniel Sitler, and lived in Baltimore until 
about 1816. They then went to Annapolis, and finally removed 
to Philadelphia. They lived for a time on Eleventh Street, 
just north of Market Street. At this date this location was 
a suburban district, and from Broad Street to the Schuylkill 
was largely forest. Later they lived at No. 103 N. Third 
Street, Philadelphia. [We have elsewhere given a letter 
from her oldest son, Henry.] 

The early records of Baltimore mention Tamar Hicks as 
owning several pieces of property,* and our old directory of 
1799 tells us that she kept a ' 'cook shop' ' here. A ' 'cook shop' ' 
—what a tasty name! Immediately on seeing it there arises 
before one's mind's eye the vision of the delicious home-made 
pies and cakes that Tamar no doubt offered over her 
counter to her numerous and appreciative customers. But 
ere long she married, and ten children were born to her. 

Tamar Hicks Sitler died in the spring of 1859. The later 
years of Dr. Daniel Sitler and Tamar Hicks Sitler were spent 
with their daughter, Elizabeth Sitler Humphreys, in whose 
care they both died, and were buried in the Friends' Burial 
Ground near Camden, N. J. 

62. Tamar Hicks, b. 6 mo. 9, 1781; d. ~ — , 1859; buried in 
Friends' Burying Ground, near Camden, New Jersey,* m. 
Dr. Daniel Sitler, 1804. They lived in Philadelphia. 
Children: 

•This is probably a mistake, as Tamar was young at this time. They perhaps 
refer to her Aunt Tamar, a sister of her father. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 265 

V. (179). Henry Hicks Sitler, b. ; d. Aug. 14, 1867; m. 

Lucy Ann Pitt, in Baltimore, Jan. 22, 1830. She died of 
yellow fever, in New Orleans. Children: 

687. Elizabeth, died in infancy. 

688. Joseph, drowned in Philadelphia. 

689. Henrietta, died in Philadelphia. 

690. Daniel, died in Philadelphia. 

A miniature of Joseph, by Rembrandt Peale, is in possession of Mi's. 
Wm. McAIarney. 

Henry Sitler married a second time, Lucretia B. Penniman, in Balti- 
more, April 11, 1835 [?]. She died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1906, aged 
82 years. Children: 

691. Lucy Ann Sitler (Rosenfield) ; child: Helen Rosenfield (Nel- 
son) . 

692. Wm. James Sitler, died single. 

693. Julia Sitler (Hunter); children: Lucretia G. Hunter, George 
H. Hunter. , 

694. George Sitler, 636 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y., m. Ida M. 
Blake; child: James Frederick. 

695. Isabel, died single. 

V. (180). Mary Hicks Sitler, died in^N. York about 1880; m. 
, Matthias Millington. Children: 

696. Elizabeth Millington (Thompson), died in Philadelphia , 

leaving children. 

697. Frances H. Millington. 

698. Ellen Millington (Douglas). 

699. Margaret Millington (Gill), 76 Cooper St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

700. Annie Millington. 

701. George M. Millington. 

702. John M. Millington. 

703. Mary Rebecca Millington. 

V. (181). Joseph McCoy Sitler, M. D., m. by Rev. Mr. Rose, 
minister of M. E. Church, M. Matilda Kenady Doxey, at 
Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tenn., Feb., 10, 1835. Died in Mis- 
sissippi, in 1840, where he and his cousin, James Hicks 
Johnson, practiced medicine together. Family unknown, 
but the Bible of Dr. Sitler is in possession of Henry G. 
Sitler, Washington, D. C. 

*Prom Dr. Sherk's family Bible, in possession of Mrs. Frank E. Brown, of Balti- 



266 1 HE MAULSBY FAMILY 

V. (182). Elizabeth Sitler, b. March 27, 1812, d. Jan. 9, 1890. 
Buried in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia; m. May 9, 
1833, in Philadelphia, Francis Humphreys, d. May 14, 
1854; buried in Philadelphia cemetery, now destroyed. 
Children: three, died in infancy. 

704. Emma D., b. 1841; d. March 15, 1866; m. Dec. 20, 
1859, Dr. J. Henry Sherk, who died May 2, 1870. Children: 
1. Michael, died in infancy; 2. Bessie Humphreys, m. Oct. 18, 
1906, Francis E. Brown, of Baltimore; 3. Emma D., died in 
infancy; 4. Henry Howard, M. D., m. Feb. 9, 1899, Margaret 
Gray. Living 268 S. Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena, Cal. 
Three children: Margaret Gray, Elizabeth Humphreys and 
Helen. 

705. Margaret Russell, m. Dr. J. Henry Sherk, Feb. 19, 1868. 
Dr. Sherk died May 2, 1870. Child: Francis Humphreys. 
Margaret Sherk, m. 2nd., Oct. 13. 1880, Wm. Maxwell Mc- 
Alarney, M.D., 426 Poplar St.. Philadelphia. Children: Kath- 
arine Humphreys; William M., d. March 15, 1889. 

Elizabeth Sitler Humphreys was a very intelligent 
woman ; well read, and at seventy-five could repeat most of 
Scott's and Cowper's poetry. 

Francis Humphreys was an engraver, and associated 
with John Sartain introduced mezzotint engraving into this 
country. He was educated at the Germantown Academy* in 
School Lane, Germantown, and studied engraving with his 
brother William. He did a great deal of fine bank-note en- 
graving. Old numbers of Godeys' Lady's Book contain some 
of his work. He reproduced much of Turner's work, and also 
completed a set of engravings illustrating Scott's novels. He 
was of an English family, but born in Dublin and brought to 
America when two years old. His brother returned to Eng- 
land and died in Italy. Francis Humphreys' descendants 
have no other relatives of the name in America. 
V. (183). Beulah Sitler, died quite young. 
V. (184). Daniel Sitler, m. Annie Fox; d. in New York in the 
late 70's. Children : 

* The Germantown Academy was established in 1760. It was an English and 
Dutch school, both languages being taught, also Greek, Latin and higher mathe' 
raatlcs, and the "rudiments of good raauners." It was expressly required that 
youths of Quaker parentage should not be required to take off their hats in saluting 
the teachers. In 1761 a lottery was started for the raising of funds lor the school. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 267 

706. Stephen P. Russel Sitler. 

707. Elizabeth Humphreys Sitler (Hood). 

708. Charles R. Sitler, 252 Seventh Avenue, New York City. 

709. Jefferson Davis Sitler. 

710. Annie Sitler. 

V. (185). Ann Sitler, b. in Annapolis, Md. ; d. in Baltimore, 
June 10, 1898 ; buried in Louden Park Cemetery ; m. 

Henry Wierman Cook, of Bait., who died , 1876. 

Children : 

711. Mary Amelia; m. Vachel J. Brown, Oct. 27, 1853. Chil- 
dren: Henry Cook, m. Adele Adams, first; and, second, m. 
Frances P. Singer, Newburg Avenue, Catonsville, Md. Chil- 
dren : Vachel J., Jr., Howard, Helen Mary, Marion, Frances, 
Gertrude, Henry Cook (died 4 years old), Mary Cambron, John 
Calvert. Ann Elizabeth, m. Henry Ford, 917 St. Paul Street, 
Baltimore, Oct. 29th, 1878. Children : Vachel Howard, Mary 
Lucille, Henry, Jr., Ann Aileen. Joseph Marechal, m. Sallie 
Carroll, 717 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Nov. 24th, 1880. Chil- 
dren: Mary Clare, Joseph Marechal, St. John Carroll. Vachel 
Edward Howard (S. J.), Juneau, Alaska. William Paul, m. 
Mary C. Millholand, 214 East Biddle Street, Baltimore, May 5, 
1887. Children: Lillian (Sister Mary, of Casilda), Mary Edna, 
William Paul. Francis Edward, m. Bessie Humphreys 
Sherk, Oct. 18, 1906. Albert Guyer (S. J.), Old St. Joseph's, 
Willing's Alley, Philadelphia. George Miltenberger, m. Mary 
J. Chatard, 1126 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Oct. 27, 
1907. Charles Borromeo, m. Eleanor Devereaux Hunter, "The 
Walbert, " Charles and Lafayette Avenue, Baltimore. 

712. Joseph Cook, m. Belle Turner. No children. Belle Turner 
Cook is owner of "Aunt Bashaby's" teapot. 

713. Henry Clay Cook, twice married : 1st, Amelia Sperry ; 2d, 

714. William, m. Emmie Grotjane. Children: Henry Wierman, 
M. D., Thomas. 

715. Emma, m. William King, of Philadelphia. No children. 

716. Theodore, not married. 
*716. a. Walter. 

716. b. Charles. 
716. c. Stephen. 

V. (186). Margaret Sitler, m. Stephen Porter Russell, of New- 
York City. Children : 

* A mistake in numbering. These have been omitted. 



268 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

718. Charles Russel, M. D. 

719. Stephen Porter Russel.* 

V (187). Dr. Isaac Wilson Sitler, d. 2 mo. 12, 1903, aged 85 
years, and was buried at Arlington, Washington, D. C. ; 
m. Alice Carroll. Child: 

717. Henry Daniel Sitler, of Washington, D. C. 

V. (188). Berlot Sitler, not married. 

IV. (63). James Hicks, b. 4 mo. 22, 1786 ; d. ; m. Re- 
becca, daughter of James Frapnell. Children : . 

Dr. James Hicks, Jr., b. ; removed by certificate, 3 

mo. 14, 1805, to Menallen Monthly Meeting, from which he 
was afterward disowned. 

Of him we have no further record, except as mentioned 
in the wills of Mary Gray, his mother, and Aunt Nancy 
Wilson. 

Deed July 28, 1807 
Elijah Fell, of Harford County, deeds to James Hicks, Jr., 20 acres 
of land, on or near Winter's Run, Highbridge, and 18j^ acres of land, 

two tracts, Drinkabar and ; consideration, $3,000. (James Hicks, 

of Baltimore, physician, and Rebecca his wife, daughter of James 
Frapnell. 

In October term of Court for Harford County, Md., 1806: 
Rebecca Hix summoned to show cause why she has not given a final 
account on the estate of James Frapnell.) 

* Has the portrait of Tamar Hicks Sitler, painted by Peale. 
Peale portraits of Elizabeth Sitler Humphreys and Francis Hurapbreys are in 
possession of Margaret R. McAlarney, 1420 Poplar Street, Philadelphia. 



IX 

GRANDCHILDREN OF DAVID AND MARY LAUG- 
HARNE MALSBY 

Children of David and Sarah Malsby 

IV. (64). Morris Malsby. 

"March 16, 1802, Morris Malsby & Mary Lee were mar- 
ried "by Rev. John Allen, then rector of St. George's 
Parish, Harford Co., Md.— (Copied by J. Jay, Register of 
the Parish, March, 1885. ) 

They do not seem to have lost relations with the Society 
of Friends on this account, for a later record says : 
"1804. Morris Maulsby and wife bring a certificate 
from Gunpowder Monthly Meeting to Deer Creek. ' ' 
A little later, however, Morris is actually dismissed : 
"7 mo. 27, 1809. -Maurice Malsby disowned. Guilty of 
pursuing a man with fire-arms who offended him." 

Morris Malsby is known to have been concerned in a 
law suit with James Orr (see letter from D. P. Parr, p. 10, 
above) , and it may be that it was Orr who aroused such 
anger. A tradition says that the separation of Morris 
from the Friends was due to his having taken part in the 
Battle of North Point, 1814. But the date of dismissal 
disposes of the tradition. Mary Malsby, wife of Morris, 
remained in relations with the Friends, for we read : 

"11 mo. 22, 1810.— Mary Malsby, wife of Maurice, re- 
quests a certificate for herself and two minor children, 
David Lee and Rebecca, to Gunpowder. Certificate is 
signed for herself and son." 

The omission of Rebecca from the certificate is prob- 
ably due to her being a very young child — eight months old. 

Morris Malsby, son of David and Sarah Malsby, was a 
farmer, potter, and blacksmith. He was a very choleric 

(269) 




Mary Lee Malsby, "Aunt Polly" 



IHE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 271 

man. His wife, Mary, was a most lovely woman. He was 
born Dec. 24, 1779, and d. Sept. 8. 1857. His wife, Mary 
Lee, was b. Aug. 11, 1774, and d. March 27, 1847. Their 
children were : 

189. David. 193. Mary FrancisJ 

190. David Lee.T[ 194. Morris. 

191. Emily. 195. Rebecca Sackett.1 

192. Eliza. 196. Sarah Ann.H 

V. (193). Mary Francis, b. 1816, who m. Richard Toft (b. 
1809, d. 1855), June 15, 1841, and d. May 9, 1878. Their 
children were : 

726. Lathorn (Laugharne) Lee, b. 1842. 

727. Augusta Rebecca, b 1845; d. 1878. 
727. a. Mary Francis, b. 1847, d. 1888, and 

727. b. Alonzo Richard, b. 1851; m. Mattie Laws, d. 1879. The 
only surviving child, Lathorn (Laugharne), m., 1868, Maggie 
R. Small, daughter of William H. Small, of Baltimore. One 
child, b. and d. 1869. Lathorn (Laugharne) Toft is a Grand 
Army man. He was a member of the 11th Maryland regiment, 
called out the time of the battle of Monocacy. 

V. (195). Rebecca Sacket, b. March 11, 1810; d. about 1892; 
m. Daniel Hewitt about 1845. Two children : 

728. Daniel Maulsby, and 

729. Orlando. The former was known as Maulsby Lee Hewett; 
b. Balto., Md., Dec. 31, 1848; d. Linesville, Pa., Jan. 12, 1895. 
He was a Universalist minister, and held parishes in Penn- 
sylvania, New York, and Ohio. He was married and had 
children. 

V. (196). Sarah Ann, b. June 27, 1815; d. Feb. 17, 1896; m. 
(1) Thomas Amoss, 1841; (2) Jefferson B. Conway, about 
1849. The child of the first marriage is : 

739. Thomasanna Bond Amoss-Blackman, of Humboldt, Kan., 
whose children are: Rollin (of Sunny Side, Washington), 
Miriam Brown (Sunny Side), Cora Eddy (Escondido, Cal.), 
Mary Cuningham (Humboldt, Kan.) Maulsby. The children 
of the second marriage are : 

731. Marinus Willet (Cincinnati, O.). 

732. Oscar Clifford. 

733. Mary Inez. 



272 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

(190). David Lee Maulsby, b. Sept. 26, 1807, d. March 6, 
1853; m. Jan. 14, 1834, Margaret Ann Pentz; b. Dec. 18, 
1809; d. June 29, 1875, daughter of Philip Henry and 
Agnes S. Pentz. Their children were : 

720. Philip Henry, b. Jan. 17, 1835; d. Nov. 8, 1875; who m., 
April 27, 1858, Maria Catherine O'Laughlen. 

721. Morris, died. 

722. Mary Lee, died. 

723. Agnes Steuart, b. Oct. 2, 1840; d. July 14, 1907, who m., 
Jan. 16, 1863, Maria O'Laughlen 's brother, Samuel Williams 
O'Laughlen. 

724. David Lee, b. Dec. 27, 1842, who m., June 3, 1869, Mary 
Ellen George, b. Sept. 27, 1847, daughter of Isaac S. George, 
of Baltimore ; and 

725. Augustus Clendenan, b. Dec. 31, 1844, who m., Aug. 19, 
1872, Annie Rebecca Howard, b. Nov. 15, 1854. 

The children and grandchildren of the above marriages are as fol- 
lows : 

Of Philip and Maria Maulsby : 

1. David Lee, b. Jan. 30, 1859, now of Tufts College, Mass.; m. 
July 9, 1889, Lillian Frances Ayer. Their children are: William Ship- 
man, b. Aug. 22, 1890, and Francis Ayer, b. Feb. 20, 1892. 

2. George Wehner, b. May 16, 1861, now of Washington, D. C, who 
m., June 26, 1891, at Balto., Lida Reid, b. June 9, 1872, of Mendota, 111. 
Their children are : Roland, d. in infancy; Royal Pullman, b. Jan. 23, 
1893; George Willard, b. Sept. 20, 1894 ; Alice Elizabeth, b. March 26, 
1897; Marie Bond, b. April 2, 1900. 

3. Maria Bond, b. March 14, 1863; d. March 21, 1893. 

4. Harriet Wehner, b. Nov. 20, 1870, now of Somerville, Mass. 

5. Philip Michael, b. Feb. 16, 1872, now of Providence, R. I. 
Of Agnes and Samuel Williams O'Laughlen : 

1. Samuel Williams, Jr., of Balto., b. Oct. 17, 1863. 

2. Phil Maulsby, of Providence, b. August 10, 1865; m,, July 30, 
1901, Lillian Mahala Newman. 

3. Margaret Ann, b. 1867, d. 1868. 

4. Mary Ann, of Balto., b. March 23, 1869; m. Jan, 15, 1902, J. Ed- 
ward Slade. They have one child: Samuel Williams, b. Sept. 3, 1903. 

5. Overton Klinefelter, b. 1872, d. 1878. 

6. Maulsby Hewett, of Balto., b. Jan. 20, 1875; m., Jan. 20, 1904, 
Janye D. Anderson, They have a daughter : Carrie Serena, b. Aug. 23, 
1907. 

7. Elizabeth Watkins, b. July 6, 1878; m., July 17, 1901, James 
Thomas Powell, of Virginia. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL V 273 

Of David Lee and Mary Ellen Maulsby : 

1. Florence George, of Balto., b. April 14, 1870. 

2. George Sanders, of Charlottesville, Va., b. April 26, 1872; m., 
June 19, 1900, Florence M. Young. Their children are : Florence 
George, b. July 4, 1903, and David Lee, b. Nov. 18, 1904. 

3. David Lee, b. Nov. 1, 1873. 

4. James Brown George, died at 21 years. 

5. Elaine Wilson, b. Feb. 8, 1886. 

Of Augustus and Rebecca Maulsby (all living children now of Balti- 
more) : 

1. Agnes Steuart, b. May 26, 1873, m. Nov. 9, 1899, Clifford C. Wit- 
ters. They have one daughter, Margaret, b. Jan. 27, 1902. 

2. Margaret Ann, b. Mar. 14, 1875, d. May 11, 1904. 

3. Bettie Lee, b. June 20, 1877. 

4. Marie Kate, b. Feb. 22, 1880, m. June 18, 1903, Thos. F. Davis. 

5. Augustus Howard, b. Feb. 10, 1882. 

6. Morris Lathorne, b. May 24, 1884. 

7. Philip Henry, b. 1886, d. 1887. 

8. Beulah May, b. Mar. 21, 1888. 

9. Mary Florence, b. July 12, 1890. 
10. Wilbur Carroll, b. July 4, 1892. 

Maria Catherine O'Laughlen, whose family is connected with the 
Maulsbys by the double marriage of herself and her brother with Philip 
and Agnes Maulsby, was b. May 29, 1834, d. Jan 28, 1905. She was the 
second of five children of Michael O'Laughlen and Mary Ann Wehner. 
The oldest and the youngest child, both boys, died in infancy. The others 
were Samuel Williams, mentioned above, and Michael, b. June 3, 1840, 
d. in Sept. 1867. 

Michael O'Laughlen the elder, who died Sept. 21, 1843, at 39, was the 
third son of Michael, who came from Ireland in 1795, a Roman Catholic, 
and who, having become the father of seven children in America, went 
back to Ireland on a visit and died there. His wife was Catherine 
Mumma, a Methodist. 

Mary Ann Wehner, mother of Maria C. O'Laughlen, born Aug., 
1812, d. Mar. 26, 1883, was one of the two children of George Wehner 
and Maria Bond, b. Apr. 1, 1792, d. Oct. 13, 1863. The other child was 
Harriet, who married John Armstrong, and died, leaving one son, John. 
George Wehner was of German parentage, and came to Baltimore from 
Fairfax County, Va., to take part in the War of 1812. Maria Bond was 
the daughter of Nichodemus Bond, of Nichodemus, and Mary Graham, 
the latter a daughter of John Graham, of Alexandria, Va. Maria Bond 
had a sister Mary Ann and a brother Shadrach. This brother, Shadrach, 
or Shadrack, Bond, was the first state governor of Illinois, holding office 
1818-22. 



274 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

IV. (65). Mary Malsby, dau. of David Malsby, Jr., and 
Sarah his wife, m. 10 mo. 22, 1806, Levi Benson. He had 
a foundry, and was a Spirituahst. Their children were: 

197. Hannah; and 197a. Benjamin [?]. 

198. Sarah. 

199. Pamalia. 

200. Mary. 

The Friends' records give:— 

10, 22, 1806: — Levi Benson and Mary Maulsby appeared in this meet- 
ng and proposed their intentions of marriage. 

Levi Benson and Mary, d. of David and Sarah Malsby, m. 11 mo. 
12, 1806, at Little Falls. Witnesses : Sarah McConnell, Mary Kirk, 
Rachel Kirk, Rachel Whitaker, Isaac Whitaker, Mary Kirk, Jr., Bar- 
sheba Hicks, Sarah Malsby, Morris Maulsby, Pamala Malsby, Sarah 
Malsby, Catherine Malsby. 

Children of Levi and Mary Benson: 

Hannah, b. 9 mo. 1, 1807. 

Mary Ann, b. 10 mo. 19, 1811. 

V. (197). Hannah Benson, m. John Sharpe. Children: 

734. Elizabeth. 

735. Levi. 

736. Walton. 

737. Mary. 

738. Charles. 

V. (197a). Benj.[?] Benson. 

V. (198). Sarah Benson, m. William Harlan. Children: 

739. Mary. 

740. Hannah. 

741. Benjamin. 

742. Elizabeth. 

743. Sarah. 

V. (199). Pamalia Benson, m. Caleb Harlan. Children: . 

V. (200). Mary Benson, m. Charles Clairborne. 

IV. (66) . Catharine Maulsby. Kept house for her uncle, 
Wheeler Maulsby. He made a will, leaving everything to 
her. She married James Watkins. Children: 

V. (201). Wheeler Watkins, m. Sarah Jones. Children: 

744. Sarah C. 

745. William. 

746. Mary L. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 275 

V. (202). Mary Watkins, m. William Anderson. Chil- 
dren: . 

V. (203). Angelina Watkins. 

V. (204). David Watkins, m. Margaret Wilson. Children: 

747. Thomas W. 

748. Laura A. 

V. (205). Sarah Watkins, m. Jos. Stiller. Children: . 

V. (206). James Watkins, m. Catharine Gibbons. They had 
one child: 

749. MaryC. 

V. (207). Samuel Watkins. 
IV. (67) . Pamelia Maulsby. 

IV. (68). Sarah Maulsby, m. William D. Conway. Child: 

V. (207a). Sarah Pamelia. 
IV. (69). John Maulsby. 

IV. (70). Frances Ann Maulsby was born in Harford 
County, Maryland, in the year 1794. She was the young- 
est child of David Maulsby, Jr. , and Sarah Reese. She 
lived in Harford County and Baltimore City until her mar- 
riage in 1824 to William Dorsey Conway, an Irishman by 
birth, but of Welsh descent. He had travelled exten- 
sively through Europe when a young man, and upon the 
death of his mother, Marjorie Dorsey Conway, came to 
America with his brother, Martin Conway, and a nephew, 
whose Christian name was James. James very soon be- 
came homesick and returned to Ireland. 

Martin went into the dry goods business with his 
brother, and lived only a short time after his arrival here. 

It is related that William Conway, going down Lexing- 
ton St., one day, saw standing in the doorway of her 
home a young lady (Sarah Maulsby), of such surpassing 
beauty that he instantly fell in love with her, and im- 
mediately set to work to obtain an introduction. A mutual 
friend made them acquainted, and they were married in 
1810. Their only child, Sarah Pamelia, named for her 
mother and aunt, was born a year afterward. At her 
child's birth, Sarah Maulsby Conway died. 



276 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

After the death of his wife, W. D. Conway studied 
medicine at the Maryland University, residing the while 
with his father-in-law, David Maulsby, Jr., on Lexington 
Street near Liberty. After graduating from the Mary- 
land University in 1816 (his diploma is owned by Ella 
Laugharne Martenet) , he became surgeon in the United 
States Navy (his commission is in the hands of William 
A. Conway, of Washington). 

He married Frances Ann Maulsby, a sister to his former 
wife, 1824. They bought a place in Harford Co., Md., 
called Breton's Hill, not far from Fallston, where they 
lived until 1831, when they sold the place and went to St. 
Augustine, Florida. They planted an orange grove, and a 
short time afterwards there came an exceedingly heavy 
frost, the heaviest ever known in that part of the country, 
which killed every tree. 

A year or two after this calamity they moved to Charles- 
ton, South Carolina, where William D. Conway practiced 
medicine until his death in 1840, of yellow fever. His 
wife, a year later, returned to Maryland with her five 
children and Pamelia Conway. She lived in Baltimore a 
number of years, then went to Washington, where she spent 
the remainder of her life. She died in 1872, in her 78th year. 

While living in St. Augustine the family were in con- 
stant dread of the Indians, who at that time committed 
many atrocities on the white settlers, often visiting them 
in daytime with friendly words, only to make use of in- 
formation so gained for bloody purposes when night came. 
One of their neighbors was obliged to sit by and see them 
scalp her seven children, and then forced to sit and dry 
the scalps in the sun. 

The Conways' Charleston home was an interesting old 
house, said to be haunted, and of it strange stories were 
told. The lower part of the house was stone, and in it 
were the kitchen and dining room, but the living part was 
the frame second story, with its broad piazza, to which 
access was had by a flight of steps from the garden below. 



7 HE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 277 

V. Children of Frances Ann and William D. Conway 

208. Jefferson Conway.U Children: 

729. M. Willet. 

730. Clifford. 

731. Inez. 

209. Martin F. ConwayH, m. . Children: 

750. Cameron. 

751. Nellie. 

752. Jessie. 

753. Lela. 

754. William Dorsey. 

755. Pamelia. 

756. Frank. 

210. Wm. Oscar ConwayH, m. Annie Graham (642). Children: 

757. Mary F. 

758. Arthur, d. 

759. W. Arthur. 

760. Graham, d. 

761. Walter, d. 

211. Margery Ann Conway.l 

212. Mary Frances Conway. T[ 

V. (208). Brian Jefferson Conway, the first child of 
William Dorsey Conway and Frances Ann Maulsby, was 
born in Harford Co., Md., in the year 1826. He removed 
to St. Angnstine, Florida, with his parents, in 1831, and 
from there to Charleston, South Carolina, a year or two 
later, where he attended college. Upon the death of his 
father in 1840 he came to Baltimore with the rest of the 
family, where he studied the drug business. He married 
his first cousin, Sarah Ann Maulsby, the widow of Thomas 
Amos and the mother of one child, Thomasanna Amos, 
He emigrated to Kansas and took up land. A year 
later his wife and her daughter joined him. They had 
three children, Marinus Willet, Oscar Clifford, and 
Inez who died at about the age of sixteen. Jefferson 
Conway is now living in Cincinnati, Ohio (1908). 

V. (209). Martin Franklin Conway was the second son 
of William Dorsey and Frances Ann Conway. He was 
born in Harford Co., Md. He removed with his parents 
to St. Augustine, 1831, and to Charleston, 1832; and upon 
the death of his father returned to Baltimore in 1840. 



278 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

John H. Hewitt, in his ''Shadows on the Wall, or 
Glimpses of the Past," in speaking of him as a young 
man, says: "His mind was thoughtful, active, and orig- 
inal, and with a talent for oratory he sought associations 
which enabled him to develop it. He was a member of 
the Baltimore literary societies known as the 'Jefferson, ' 
which met at Marion Hall, the 'Murray Institute, ' which 
met in the basement of the Universalist Church on the 
corner of Calvert and St. Paul Sts., and the 'Minerva,' 
which met at what is now called Douglas Institute, on Lex- 
ington St." 

He learned the trade of printer in the American and 
Republican newspaper office, and became an able writer 
in the Republican and Argus. 

He studied law with Henry Stockbridge, Sr. , and emi- 
grated to Kansas about 1853, during the stormy days of 
"border ruffianism" and "Sharp's rifle missionary work." 
He took the Free State side of the controversy, and be- 
came the first representative of Kansas in Congress, 
where he served with distinction for two terms. He made 
a remarkable speech early in the war, in favor of letting 
the South peacefully secede from the Union. This not 
only attracted attention all over the country, but was 
translated and reprinted in the leading papers of France 
and Germany. It was a speech indicating severe thought, 
and confessedly able, but it lost him the sympathy of the 
Union men in Kansas, and they left him out in the next 
election. He was to have been a member of Lincoln's 
second cabinet. 

He was appointed consul to Marseilles, France, by Pres- 
ident Johnson. 

He married Miss Emily Frances Dykes, and resided in 
Washington, D.C., during the latter part of his life. He 
died there, in the year 1875, of pneumonia. He left one 
child, PameHa, now Mrs. Homer B. Harlan, of Washing- 
ton, D. C. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 279 

The following notification of his election to Congress is 
owned by Ella Laugharne Martenet: 

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:: 
Know ye, that at an election held on the eleventh day of June, A.D., 
1861, by the electors of the State of Kansas— Martin F. Conway was 
duly elected to the office of Representative to the Thirty-Seventh Con- 
gress of the United States. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my 
hand and caused to be affixed my private seal. 
Done at Topeka the 26th day of June in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one. 
[Seal] C. Robinson, 

Governor of Kansas. 
Attest: 

John W. Robinson, 

Secretary of State. 
[Seal] 

From the Annals of Kansas, by Daniel W. Wilder 
Martin F. Conway, Free State candidate in the election of 1855; July 
5, 1855, resigns seat in Council; is a member of the Executive Committee 
of the State Convention, Sept. 5. 

In 1856 he makes a speech at the Printers' Festival, in Lawrence, 
January 17. At the Free State Convention at Topeka, July 15, 1857, is 
nominated Judge of the Supreme Court. 

Vote, Aug. 9, 1857: M. F. Conway receives 7,178 votes, Sam'l N. 
Lalla, 7,200 votes. 

Attended the Mass. Convention of Aug. 14, 1857. At the Constitu- 
tional Convention of March 25, 1858, is elected president. At the Free 
State Convention to nominate officers under the Leavenworth Constitu- 
tion, he was nominated Representative to Congress. 

The Leavenworth constitution, framed by the Constitutional Con- 
vention and signed April 3, 1858; adopted by the people May 18, 1858. 
First signature:— 

Martin F. Conway, President. 
Also:— I hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the Consti- 
tution adopted by the Convention at Leavenworth, April 3, 1858, from 
the original draft now in my possession. 

Martin F. Conway, 
Pres. of Convention. 
Leavenworth, April 5, 1858. 

M. F. Conway candidate for Congress, 1859. 

M. J. Parrott received 57 votes. 

M. F. Conway received 26 votes. 

S. C. Pomeroy received 3 votes; also others. 



280 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

This vote was cancelled for some reason, and at first ballot, October 13, 
1859: 

M. F. Conway received 48 votes. 

O. E. Learnard received 29 votes. 

Dec. 16, 1859, Martin F. Conway was elected under the Wyandotte 
Constitution represented in Congress; vote, 7,674. 

March 26, 1860. Wm. Phillips gives Martin F. Conway credit for re- 
pudiating the bogus Missouri legislature, 1855. 

Sep. 22, 1860, Wm. H. Seward arrives in St. Joseph, and makes a 
speech. He is met by Martin F. Conway and others. 1861. Ballot for 
Member of Congress: Martin F. Conway receives 37 votes. June 11, 
1861, Conway elected to Congress. Election of 1872: at the 7th ballot 
Wilder received 41 votes, Conway received 20 votes. June 10, 1866, 
Martin F. Conway nominated as Consul to Marseilles, France. He sus- 
tains Johnson's policy. 

V. (210). William Oscar Conway was the third child of 
WiUiam Dorsey Conway and Frances Ann Maulsby. He 
was born in Harford County, Maryland, in the year 1830; 
went with his parents to Saint Augustine, Florida, in 
1831, and moved with them to Charleston, South Carolina, 
a year or two later. Upon the return of his family to 
Baltimore, he studied printing. At the age of twenty- 
one he became the assistant editor of a newspaper in An- 
napolis; afterwards studied law and became a land-law 
examiner in the Land Office, Washington, D. C, contin- 
uing there until his death in May, 1904. The April pre- 
ceding his death, having been in the Land Office for fifty 
years, he was presented with a silver loving-cup by the 
men in the office, by whom he was held in very high es- 
teem. He married Beulah Anna Grahame, about 1862. 
They had five children., All but two died during child- 
hood. The names of the surviving ones are Mary Frances 
and William Oscar. 

V. (211). Marjorie (Margery) Ann Conway, the fourth 
child of Wm. Dorsey and Frances Ann Maulsby Conway, 
was born in St. Augustine, Florida, went to Charleston, 
S. C, with her parents, and upon the death of her father 
came to Baltimore. She married George Washington Mar- 
tenet. They had five children, all of whom died excepting 



7 HE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 281 

Oscar Conway Martenet, with whom she makes her home. 
Marja Ann Conway, b. Sept. 22, 1832; m. Jan., 1857, 
George Martenet, b. July 4, 1830, d. April 11, 1885, of Balti- 
more. Children: 

762. Oscar C, b.H 

763. Annie, d. 

764. W. Dorsey, d. 

765. Rose, d. 

766. Sarah Pamelia, d. 

Of the children of Margery Ann and George Washing- 
ton Martenet, but one survives: 

(763). Oscar Conway Martenet, b. Oct. 25, 1857. He married 
Anna Cora Walker, Oct 1, 1884. Their children are:— George 
Walker, b. and d. Aug. 14, 1885; Marjorie Dorsey, b. Nov. 3, 
1886; Ella Laugharne, b. Jan. 24, 1888; Oscar Conway, b. Dec. 
29, 1889; Eugene Maulsby, b. June 9, 1892; Mildred Ridgely, 
b. Dec. 22, 1893; Anna Cora, b. Oct. 31, 1895; Edwin Jefferson, 
Nov. 12, 1897. Oscar C. Martenet was, for one term, a member 
of the Maryland State legislature. 

V. (212). Mary Frances Conway, the fifth child, was 
born in Charleston, South Carolina, and came to Baltimore 
in 1840. She married her cousin, John Malcolm Grahame, 
and had four children. One of them died in childhood. 
The names of those living are: Frances Grahame Davis, 
and Elizabeth Beatrice and Mabel M. Grahame. 
Mary Frances Conway m. John Malcolm Grahame, of 

Washington, D. C. Children: 

767. Beulah, d. 

768. Fannie. Frances Ann Grahame, m. Oct. 16, 1895, Herbert 
Lewis Davis. Children: Malcolm Graham, b. Feb. 9, 1903; 
Mary Frances, b. Nov. 21, 1905, d. Feb, 11, 1906. 

769. Beatrice. 

770. Mabel. 



X 

GRANDCHILDREN OF DAVID AND MARY LAUGH- 
ARNE MALSBY 

Children of John Laugharne and Mary Starr Malsby 

DAVID MALSBY (72), son of John Laugharne and 
Mary Malsby, and Mary Coale were married 1806. 
They were members of Deer Creek Meeting, Hving 
first at Bush*, and later on Deer Creek, near Darlington, 
Harford Co., Md. They removed to Richmond, Indiana, 
about 1833. 

From the Deer Creek Friends' Records 

10 mo. 23, 1806. Committee report that they attended the marriage 
of David Malsby and Mary Coale, who were married 8 mo. 28, 1806. The 
certificate was signed by [aunt] Angelina Orr, [sister] Mary Malsby, 
[mother] Mary Webb, and many others. 

8, 24, 1809. The committee on building a meeting house at Abing- 
don report that they have obtained subscriptions to the amount of $340, 
have contracted for yard and had it surveyed, and agreed on dimensions 
of Meeting house and estimate of expense. 

House to be 24x18 ft., and cost calculated $440. 

James Coale, Joshua Husband, David Malsby and John Jewett are 
appointed trustees to whom the lot must be conveyed. 

William Williams writes in his journal (1828) : "That afternoon (1813) ■ 
got to Bushtown, to the house of our kind friends, David and Mary 
Malsby; where I staid on First day, the 13th, 6th mo., and on Second day, 
feeling better and anxious to get forward, parted with our kind friends. ' ' 

12th 9th mo. "Had a large meeting at Deer Creek; Second day a 
highly favored meeting at Fawn; then on Third day we rode to our kind 
friends David and Mary Malsby's and on Fourth day had a small, yet 
highly favored meeting at Abingdon." 

Feb. 20, 1833. Samuel McConnell writes. "Lodged that night with 
my wife's nephew, David Maulsby, on the banks of Deer Creek." 

1831, Maria Jane Kent writes to her mother, Jane Cook: "On our 
way to Baltimore we called atuncle [greatuncle] Samuel McConnell'sand 
found them well. Aunt quite as fleshy as she used to be. On our return 
we called at Cousin David Malsby's and found them also well." 

*Bush was formerly the county seat of Harford Co. 

(282) 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 283 

10 mo. 1833. A certificate of removal is granted to Lydia, Mary, and 
Margaret Malsby. 

1 mo. 1834. A certificate of removal for John Lathorn [Laughame] 
Malsby granted. 

Certificates of removal are granted to his family by 
Deer Creek Monthly Meeting, but one for himself is not given 
until after the following acknowledgment is received. 

10 mo. 16, 1834. An offering received from David Malsby from 
White Water monthly meeting, read and accepted: — 

I am very sensible that it was for want of attending Limitation of 
Truth and uncontrolable events that I failed in my circumstances and in 
my tried moments I neglected to call my creditors together and gave the 
Lawyers a mortgage on my property and also wrote to my security a 
letter all of which I am sorry for. 

David Malsby. 

A certificate is then prepared for David Malsby to White Water 
Monthly Meeting. [Themselves and minor son, John Lathorn Malsby, 
spoken of.] 

David Malsby, son of John Laugharne Malsby, was a 
blacksmith, and after his removal to Richmond, Indiana, 
carried on the business quite extensively. His shop, a long, 
low building, must have been a picturesque sight, with its 
six forges, and busily employed apprentices. He manufac- 
factured plows, and probably did other work somewhat out 
of the usual line of black-smithing. 

Merchant B. Williams, the grandson of his cousin Susan- 
nah Maulsby Baldwin, was one of his apprentices. 

His daughter Lydia has related the following story: 

The following incident, says Abel Mills, was related to 
me by Lydia Maulsby Elliott, during my attendance upon the 
recent sessions of Prairie Grove Quarterly Meeting, at West 
Liberty, Iowa: 

"When my mother, Mary Maulsby, was about eignteen years old, she 
was keeping house for her brother and took in sewing. She had under- 
taken to make a waistcoat for a colored man who was going to be mar- 
ried. She believed she could not get the work done without absenting 
herself from a small indulged mid-week meeting. She arranged the work 
and spread it on the table. She was instantly struck with blindness. 
She groped her way around to a chair and sat quietly down and prayed 
that her eyesight might be restored, and if granted she would never let 
business prevent her from attending the meeting. Presently her sight 



284 IHE MA ULSB V FAMIL Y 

returned, and she started to meeting on foot. On coming to a creek, a 
passer by took her into his vehicle to the meeting house. At the close 
of the meeting there was another opportunity to be conveyed to her 
home. Providence thus favoring her, she was enabled to finish the work 
she had undertaken. 

"My mother lived to be eighty-seven years of age, and I am eighty- 
four, and I never knew her to neglect the attendance of meetings when 
health would permit." 

Believing this to be a proper time to place this testimony before the 
world, I send for publication. 

Abel Mills. 
Mt. Palatine, 111. From Friends' Intelligencer, 3 mo. 26, 1892. 

In the diary of Joseph Kent: 
1847, 25th, 9 mo. Took tea at D. Maulsby's. 

1847. 27th, 9 mo. Dined at David Maulsby's or rather at John 
Maulsby's. 

(72). David Malsby, b. 5 mo. 10, 1784; d. 6 mo. 18, 1853; 
m. 8 mo. 28, 1806, to Mary Coale, of Deer Creek monthly- 
meeting, Harford Co., Md., b. 8 mo., 8, 1777, d. 11 mo. 
21, 1863. Removed to White Water monthly meeting, 
Wayne Co., Indiana, 1830. Children: 

V. (213). Lydia C. Maulsby, m. Upton Elliott, of West 
Liberty, Iowa. Children: 

771. Mary M., deceased. 

772. Charles P. Children: Charles P. and Carrie. 

773. Margaret, deceased. 

V. (214). Mary Malsby, m. James Meredith. Children: 

774. John M., deceased. 

775. Thomas Chalkley. Had two children: Thomas Chalkleyand 
Sabina Meredith. 

776. Lydia E. Meredith, b. 8 mo. 20, 1847; d. 8 mo. 10, 1866; m. 
Francis Russell, b. 12 mo. 16, 1845. Childi-en: Louis M., Jesse 
J., Walter A., Harold S., James M., and Warren K. 

777. Lewis C. No children. 

778. Margaret, m. Jesse S. Samuels. Children: Stella, Mary, 
William J. 

V. (215). Margaret S. Malsby, m. John H. Hutton. 
Had one daughter: 

779. Margaret R., who married Walter S. Coale. Children: 
Cassandra, Mary, John, Ruth H., Edmund. Mary m. Joshua 
Matthews, and had children: Rebecca, Walter, Samuel H., 
Wm. D. F., Thomas 0., and Joshua Roy. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 285 

V. (216). John Laugharne Malsby, son of David and 
Mary (Coale) Malsby, b. 8 mo. 11, 1814; d. 6 mo, 16, 1869, 
at Richmond, Ind. ; m. Esther S. Meredith, b. 2 mo. 22, 
1817; d. 12 mo. 15, 1873, at Richmond, Ind. Children: 

780. Rachel M., b. 2 mo. 28, 1841, d. 11 mo. 16, 1905; m. Edward 
R. Matthews, 9 mo. 25, 1862. Children: 

Mary E. Matthews b.7 mo. 5, 1863, at Richmond, Ind.; m. 
Samuel W. Gaar, b. 12 mo. 24, 1885. Their daughter, 
Mildred E. Gaar, b. 7 mo. 8, 1889, at Richmond, Ind. 

Esther M. Matthews, b. 10 mo. 2, 1868, at Richmond, m. 
Orlando T. Battin, 9 mo. 26, 1895, at Richmond. Children: 
Edith W., b. 12 mo. 6, 1897, at Selma, Ohio; Edward M., 
b. 11 mo. 25, 1902, at Selma; Raymond M., b. 6 mo. 11, 1905, 
at Selma, Ohio. 

781. Mary Malsby was born 3 mo. 28, 1843; m. 9 mo. 26, 1867, 
Caleb Elliott, who d. 10 mo. 19, 1884, at West Liberty, Iowa. 
Children: 

John M. Elliott, b. 7 mo. 25, 1870; m. 5 mo. 25, 1892, at 
Richmond Ind., Anna M. Hunt. Their son, Howard H. 
Elliott, b. 3 mo. 28, 1893, at Richmond, Ind. ; Anna R. El- 
liott, b. 6 mo. 6, 1872, at Richmond, Ind.; d. 8 mo., 30, 
1879, at West Liberty, Iowa; Edna Elliott, b. 9 mo. 17, 
1877, at West Liberty, d. 9 mo. 6, 1879, at West Liberty, 
Iowa. 
Mary M. Elliott was married 9 mo. 25, 1890, at Richmond to 
Charles H. Shuts, who died 11 mo. 19, 1901, at Richmond. 

782. David M. Malsby, b. 2 mo., 28, 1846, and d. 12, 25, 1846. 

783. Ellis C. Malsby, b. 8 mo. 24, 1848; d. 2 mo. 20, 1895; m. 9 
mo., 26, 1878, to Clara E. Dill. Children: Myron John Malsby, 
b. 9mo. 10, 1886; Louise Malsby, b. 7 mo. 17, 1893. 

784. Hannah C. Malsby, b. 1 mo. 24, 1852, died in childhood. 

785. Anna H. Malsby, b. 12, 4, 1853, m. John R. Palmer. Child: 
Ellis M. Palmer. 



XI 

GRANDCHILDREN OF DAVID AND MARY LAUGH- 
ARNE MALSBY 

Children of Tamar and James Parr 

JOHN PARR (74) was a "cabinet maker" [Bait. Direc- 
tory] , but also a potter. The sons of James and Tamar 
Parr were all potters, as was perhaps also their father. 
They were probably the earliest potters of Baltimore. 

John Parr, b. 1 mo. 1, 1778; d. 12 mo. 20, 1811; m. Mary, 
dau. of Benj. Talbott, Esq., of Bait., Md. Children:- (Mary 
Mann* died Feb. 24, 1857.) 

V. 217. Sophia Parr, b. ; d. Oct. 20, 1886; m. Feb. 16, 

1841, William H. Jarvis, d. April 13, 1864. They had one 

child: 

786. William Jarvis, b. Aug. 8, 1842, who married, 1st, Ellen 
Drew; 2nd, m. July 24, 1873, Ella Henderson, b. Sept. 1, 1855. 
He had no children. Living in New Decatur, Alabama. 

V. 218. David Parr, was a potter living at "Rockets, "t then 
in the edge of Richmond, overlooking the James River. 
He was for a time in business with his uncle EHsha on 
Pitt St. (probably the original Parr pottery) , as was also 
"Big Jimmy Parr," who was, I think, his cousin. David 
Parr then had a pottery on Bond St. , and removed to Rich- 
mond about 1850. Het was a strong Southern sympathizer 
and during the war, when cannon balls were scarce, made 
them of clay for the Southern army. He lost all when 
Richmond fell. The earlier Parrs were very tall, hand- 
some men. 

David Parr, b. ; d. ; buried in Hollywood ceme- 
tery, Richmond, Va.; m. Charlotte Benner. Children: 

• I think his wife married a second time, 
t Rocketts is the port of Richmond. 
tHls three sons were In the Southern army. 

(286) 



7 HE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 287 

787. Margaret Ann, d. 7 mo. 21, 1880. 

788. Louisa Charlotte. 

789. John L., m. Alcesta Martin. Children: 

Margaret, m. Valentine Heckler, and has one child, Valentine 

Heckler, Jr. 
Edward Parr. 

Nellie, m. , and living in W. Va; has one child, Lizzie. 

Hattie; one more child. 

790. David Parr, m. , Fanny ; d. 10 mo. 21, 1880. Chil- 

dren: 
Lawrence. Children: Ruth, Fanny. 

Fanny, m. . 

Carrie L., m. J. W. Jordan, and has two children, Lucy and 

Fanny. 

791. James Parr, b. ; d. . 

V. 219. James Parr, son of John and Mary Parr, b. , m. 

Lucy (Lucinda) Smith, daughter of Jeremiah and Lucinda 
Smith, b. Dec. 15, 1802, d. Sep. 17, 1852. James Parr died 
of the cholera in 1832. His son Augustus was cared for by 
his brother David, and learned his trade with him. Children: 

Elizabeth Parr (Scott) ; Augustus Parr, b. Sept. 5, 1826; d. May 20, 
1890, aged 64 years; m., first, Rachel Barton, April 30, 1849, who died 
Oct. 13, 1852. Child: Selar James, b. Sept. 3, 1851; m. Arietta Lee; lives 
156 W. 123rd St. New York City (Harlem); m., second, Feb. 6, 1853, 
Rebecca A. Walker, b. March 7, 1835; living 2541 York Road, 
Waverly, Baltimore; children: Mary Augusta Parr, b. Nov. 4, 1853; m. 
William G. Lohman, of Baltimore. Augustus Parr, Jr., b. July 28, 1858; 
m. Rosalie . Robert Anderson Parr, b. Jan. 2, 1861; m. Susan- 
nah E. . Henry Walker Parr, b. July 15, 1863, m. Susie F. 

. Hiram Wallace Parr, b. June 6, 1868, m. Sarah . Lives in 

New Orleans. Margaret Jane Parr, b. August 11, 1865; d. July 4, 1895; 
m. John E. Anderson. 

Augustus Parr, a potter, kept also a china store on Gay St. , opposite 
Caroline, during the Civil War. He removed to Jersey City, but returned 
to Baltimore before his death. 

V. (220). Ann Parr died unmarried Nov. 6, 1843 in the 33d 
year of her age. 

V. (221). Ehsha Parr, b. ; d. . 

IV. (75). David Parr, son 

of James and Tamar Malsby /TT ,^ /^7^ 
Parr, was born Feb, 27, 1786. t«i>'2t^-t>t7 ^ O^y^^^ 
He was a potter by trade 

and carried on the business on South St., Balto. He mar- 
ried Margaret McGowan. He died suddenly of cholera, 



288 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Sept. 8, 1832. His wife carried on the pottery after his 
death. 

The following letter is from his brother Elisha, about 
this time: 

To Miss Maria Lucretia Parr, 
Harford County, M. D. 

Baltimore, Sept". 12, 1832. 

Dear Daughter:— You may possibly have heard of the death of your 
unckle David, which took place last Saturday after a very short illness 
by this dreadful epidemick (collera) he died without pain or ankiety not 
in the least suspecting his time so short, but I think he was imprudentin 
suffering a bowel complaint to run upon himself for about three weeks 
previous to his death. I knew of his being as he often complained fa- 
tigued on Friday afternoon and herd from him a few hours previous to 
my going to belle-air at which place I was when he died, a message 
was sent for me, which when I heard I returned home sooner than I 
should have done otherwise but was too late to see him buried, our city 
is very unhealthy, but so far with the exception of David we are all well, 
so much so for my part I am about to go upon a voyage to the south on 
business and I return expect to call to see you. remember me to aunt and 
all my friends. Most affectionately, 

I am with Respect your affectionate father, 



(^^Z^ ^^^ 



N.B Your unckle was buried in the reform Methodist Burying 
ground. 

Inventory of David Parr 
Sept. 8, 1832. 
David Parr, Sr. 

Amount of inventory, $6603.22 

Debt, 1848.97 

Payments, $2087.46 

Disbursements, 617.11 

Balance due, $5814.46 

David Parr, son of Tamar and James Parr, b- 2 mo. 27, 

1786; d. 10 mo. 8, 1832, of cholera; m. Margaret, dau. 

of Jas. McGowan, Esq., of Baltimore. Children: 
V. (222). Frances E. Parr, b. Nov. 22, 1817; m. John H. 
Lewin. Children: 

792. Margaret A. 

793. Francis P. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 289 

V. (223). James L. Parr, b. April 16, 1819; m. Louisa C. 
Williams. Children: 

794. James Lewis. 

795. Emily W., who married Lewis Simpson. Children: Ella, 
Arthur, Walter, Louise. 

V. (224). John Elisha Parr, b. Oct. 5, 1820; d. July 26, 
1853. Unmarried. 

V. (225). Israel M. Parr, son of David and Margaret Parr, 
was born September 27th, 1822. At an early age entered, 
as a clerk, the prominent grocery and shipping house of 
Wm. McDonald & Son; in a few years was admitted to 
partnership, and at the death of Mr. McDonald, in 1846, 
Mr. Parr and James McConkey succeeded to the business. 
Mr. McConkey died in 1870, and Mr. Parr continued the 

firm under his own name until the year , when his 

son, Henry A., was admitted, and the firm name became 
I. M. Parr & Son, and so continued until the death of Is- 
rael M. Parr, August 1, 1901. 

The firms of I. M. Parr and I. M. Parr & Son, as the 
records will show, conducted for a number of years the larg- 
est grain exporting business of Baltimore, and were among 
the leading exporters of the United States. Mr. Parr was 
ever deeply interested and an active participant in all 
matters tending to the commercial welfare of Baltimore. 
He was one of the original members and founders of the 
Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange, organized in 1843, 
which in after years was reorganized under the name of 
the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Parr was a most influ- 
ential member of these two bodies, and had the honor of 
holding two or more presidential terms in each. He was 
president of the Baltimore Board of Trade for one or more 
terms, president of the Baltimore Elevator Co. , a director 
in the Farmers and Merchants National Bank, and occu- 
pied at different times numerous positions of honor and 
trust. A man of noble character, kind, generous, and 
just, one whose life exemplified honor and sagacity in all 
his commercial relations, truth and fidelity in his relations 
to his fellow men, and love and cheer to his home circle. 



290 1HE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Israel Miltiades Parr, b. Sept. 27, 1822, m. May 21, 
1846, Mary Bowen Pope, daughter of Folger and Ann 
Pope, of Harford Co., Md., b. July 2, 1825. I. M. Parr 
died Aug. 1, 1901. Children: 

796. Henry Albert Parr, b. Feb. 19, 1847; m. June 8, 1876, Har- 
riet Howell, b. June 3, 1852, dau. of Geo. Howell and Mary, 
his wife, of Phila. Married by Rev. Richard Newton. Chil- 
dren of Henry A. and Harriet A. Parr. 

Israel M., Jr., b. in Phila., March 26, 1877. 
George Howell, b. in Phila., Oct. 8, 1879. 
Henry A., born in Balto., July 16, 1882. 
Lee, born in Balto., Oct. 29, 1885; d. Jan. 28, 1886. 

797. Mary Parr, b. Dec. 22, 1848; m. Dec. 3, 1873, John Ross 
Diggs, b. Sept. 26, 1845, son of John Ross and Catharine 
Diggs, of Balto. Married at Memorial Church, Bait., by Rev. 
Peterkin. Children of John R. and Mary Diggs: 

Mary C, b. on Howard St., Balto., April 7, 1877. 
Henry Parr, b. April 26, 1878, in Balto. 
Ross Miles, b. on Franklin St., Aug. 29, 1881. 

798. William Parr, b. June 30, 1850, d. Feb. 14, 1853. 

799. Charles Edward Parr, b. June 21, 1852; m. July 26, 1883, 
Helen Beauregard McKew, b. June 15, 1862 [?], dau. of Denis 
Ignatius McKew and Victorine, his wife, of Bait., by Rev. P. 
L. Chapelle. Children: 

Charles McK. Parr, b. Nov. 23, 1884. 
Mary Parr, b. Jan 17, 1887. 
Catherine B. Parr, b. Nov. 20, 1889. 
George Mullenberger Parr, b. Sep. 26, 189-. 

800. Ella Parr, b. Oct. 4, 1854; m. Nov. 11, 1879, Frederick Focke 
Reese; b. Oct. 21, 1854, son of John S. and Arnoldine Reese, 
of Baltimore. Children: 

Arnoldina Reese, b. August 27, 1880. 

Mary Reese, b. April 22, 1882. 

Ella Reese, b. Nov. 11, 1883. 

Louise Reese, b. June 11, 1885. 

Agnes Reese, b. Dec. 12, 1893, in Macon, Ga. 

801. William Folger Parr, b. July 20, 1856. 

802. Margaret Parr, b. Oct. 1, 1858; m. Juue 8, 1886, Herbert 
Hooper, b. Dec. 6, 1852, son of James A. Hooper and Cathar- 
ine, his wife, of Baltimore. Married at 1112 Madison Ave. 
[home of I. M. Parr], by Rev. F. F. Reese. Children: 

Mary Bowen Hooper, d. of M. and H. Hooper, b. June 5, 
1888. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 291 

Margaret Hooper, b. Feb. 24, 1890. 

Parr Hooper, born at Pomona, Bait. Co., Md., Sept. 5, 1892. 

IV. (76). Elisha Parr, son of James and Tamar Maulsby 
Parr, was born Aug. 27, 1782 [?], and died March 2, 1834. 
He was married to Elizabeth Preston, Dec. 28, 1814, by 
Rev. John Glendy. Their children were: 

226. Mary (Maria) Lucretia, b. Jan. 18, 1816.11 
226a. Angelina, b. Dec. 22, 1817.1 

227. David Preston, b. Jan. 10, 1819.11 

228. Elisha Parr, Jr.H 

229. John Hampshire, b. June 23, 1823.11 

230. Charles Henry, b. Feb. 26, 1827. | 

Elisha Parr was a potter. His pottery occupied a square 
on Pitt St. , now Fayette, East Baltimore, where the Lutheran 
Church now stands. 

After his death his wife, Elizabeth Preston Parr, had a 
large china store on Broadway, which she and her daughter 
Lucretia carried on until her death, Feb. 9, 1861. 

Lucretia Parr Monroe moved the business to N. Eutaw 
St., where she carried it on for a number of years. 

Elisha and Elizabeth Preston Parr were members of the 
Presbyterian church. 

The Prestons were pioneers in York Co. , Pa. , and while 
visiting her parents just before the birth of her daughter 
Lucretia, Elizabeth, one day, when climbing a fence near the 
house, had an Indian shot graze her face and take one of her 
curls with it. She had presence of mind enough to go quietly 
on her way and was not molested further. 

Elisha Parr enlisted for the defense of Baltimore in 1812, 
and served in the "Maryland Line." 

V. (226). Mary Lucretia, b. Jan. 18, 1816; d. Nov. 2, 1904; 
m. John Lowery Monroe, d. Feb. 20, 1855. Children: 

803. David Martin Monroe, m. Emma Wright and had children: 
Harry L. Monroe. 

Ada E. M. (Cochran). Children: David M. M, Cochran and 
Georgiana Cochran. 

804. Virginia Monroe (or Edith Preston), m. Capt. A. G. Thorn- 
ton, and died Sept. 10, 1905. She was a gifted woman. Lu- 
cretia Parr Monroe and daughter are buried in Mt. Carmel 
Cemetery, near Bayview, Md. 



292 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

V. (226a. ) Angelina Parr, b. and d. 12 mo. 22, 1817. 

V. (227). David Preston Parr, son of Elisha and Eliza- 
beth Preston Parr, b. Jan. 10, 1819; and married Anne 
Gregory Loane. Their children were: 

805. Annie Louisa, b. Jan. 22, 1843; d. May 20, 1850. 

806. David Preston, Jr., b. Dec. 10, 1844.11 

807. Joseph Loane, b. Oct. 20, 1846. 

808. Mary Katharine, b. Sept. 1848; m. April 31, 1869, to John 
Badger Brown. 

809. Charles Edwin, b. Jan. 27, 1851; d. Feb. 19, 1851. 

810. Charles Carroll, b. May 29, 1852; d. Dec. 12, 1853. 

811. Florence May, b. March 11, 1854; m. Feb., 1885, to Charles 
Ridgley McBlair, of Washingtod, D. C. 

812. Frank Owens, b. Feb. 19, 1857; d. Aug. 10, 1885. 

813. Annie Ella, b. Feb. 19, 1859; m. Milton W. Offut, May 
1892; d. . No children. 

814. May Preston, b. Oct. 23, 1867: d. July, 1868. 

David Preston Parr was a merchant in Baltimore for 
nearly fifty years. He had a large china store on Baltimore 
St. near Charles (about opposite Hamilton Easter's). After 
retiring from business he spent some years in Towson, Md., 
and died at his son David Preston's, in Bedford Co. Va. His 
body was interred in Greenmount Cemetery, Bait. 

During the war of the Rebellion he was a Southern sym- 
pathizer and went south with supplies. 

806. David Preston Parr, Jr., b. Dec. 10, 1844; m. Aug. 23, 1866, 
Fannie Ellen Mitchell, b. April 28, 1847, dau. of Robt. Crump 
Mitchell, of Whealley, Bedford Co., Va. Children: 
Lucie, b. Oct.l7, 1867; m. Andrew Boyd Clayton, May 15, 1899. 
Fannie Ellen Mitchell, b. Dec. 19, 1869; d. July 17, 1870. 
Annie, b. June 24, 1871; m. Oct. 31, 1891, O. C. Bell. 
David Preston Parr, 3d, b. Feb. 14, 1874. 
Katharine Brown, b. June 2, 1880; m. James Robert Ham- 
ilton, Sept. 9, 1903. 

David Preston Parr, Jr. , present head of the family in 
Virginia, is engaged in business at Bedford City, that state, 
where he lives surrounded by his children and grandchildren. 

He served in the Civil War on the staff of Gen. J. A. 
Early, and later was with Gen. Echols in southwest Virginia. 
After the war he returned to Baltimore, and after several 
years moved south. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL V 293 

V. (228.) Elisha Parr, Jr., b. 1. mo. 8, 1821, d. 11 mo. 13, 

1824. 
V. (229). John Hampshar Parr, son of Elisha and Eliza- 
beth Preston Parr, was born Jan, 23, 1823, and died 
August 24, 1872. He was married to Jane Ann Verinia 
Edmonds, on Dec. 31, 1850, by Rev. Dr. Richard Fuller. 
His wife was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, 
March 22, 1827, and died Sept. 14, 1863. She was a de- 
scendant of Vincent Cauthorn, of Virginia. 

Dr. Fuller was pastor of the Seventh Baptist Church, 
to which they afterwards belonged. Dr. Fuller was a 
strong Southern sympathizer during the War of the Re- 
bellion, but went to see Abraham Lincoln to try to pre- 
vent the 6th Mass. Regiment from passing through Bal- 
timore, and so to prevent the riot that afterward oc- 
curred. 

John H. Parr was brought up a Presbyterian. He was 
a Union man and a Republican. 

The following is a copy of his business card: 

JOHN H. PARR. 

No. 234 W. Bait. St., 3d door above Charles. 

Manufacturers' Agent & Wholesale Dealer 

American Clocks 

Looking Glasses. Clock Trimmings. 

Children of John Hampshar Parr 

815. Charles M. Parr, b. March 21, 1852; m. June 20, 1877, to 
Alcinda (Ella) Rickerd, who was born Oct. 24, 1854. Childi'en: 
Nellie May, b. May 18, 1878 ; m. Ellis S. Nolley, Dec. 17, 1907. 
Child: Ralph Foxall, b. Feb. 21, 1908. Lotta Victoria, b. June 
12, 1879 ; Florence Delia, b. Sept. 11, 1881, d. March 27, 1883 ; 
Charles Elisha, b. Dec. 9, 1885 ; Joseph Lawrence, b. Feb. 22, 
1888, d. May 31, 1893 ; William Windsor, b. Dec. 29, 1891, d. 
Sept. 28, 1898; Myrtle Ruth, b. July 15, 1893 ; Ethel Ella, b. 
June 28, 1896. 

816. Silas Milton Parr, b. Nov. 16, 1853, m. Mrs. Laura V. A. 
Davis, July 18, 1900, who died Dec. 27, 1902. No children. 

817. Delia Jane Parr, b. July 25, 1855; d. Jan. 19, 1883 ; m. Ed- 
ward Johnson. Child : Leon Edward, b. Sept. 1, 1880, at 
Wallingford, Conn.; d. Oct. 6, 1905. Buried at Wallingford, 
Conn. 

818. Clara Edmonds Parr, b. March 28, 1857 ; d. June 19, 1858. 



294 1 HE MAULSBY FAMILY 

819. Elisha Parr, b. May 12, 1859 ; d. March 25 or 26, 1887. He 
entered his name on a hotel register in New Haven, Conn., and 
was found dead in his room on the following day, March 26, 
1887. Buried in Wallingford, Conn. 

820. William Leon Parr, b. Feb. 26, 1861; m. Ella May Bristol, 
of Utica, N. Y., who was b. Aprils, 1866. Children: Noel 
Hiram, b. March 17, 1885 ; Albert Friend, b. Dec. 19, 1886; 
Henry Milton, b. July 15, 1888, d. July 16,1888; William Leon, 
b. Nov. 2, 1890, d. Dec. 26, 1891 ; Lelia Francis, b. May 8, 1901. 

821. John Newton Parr, b. Aug. 25, 1863, d. Dec. 23, 1863. 
John Hampshar Parr, wife and family, are buried in Baltimore Cem- 
etery (Lot No. 414, Section A. and M.), excepting that Lelia Jane 
Johnson and son, and her brother, Elisha Parr, are buried in Wallingford, 
Conn. 

V. (230). Charles Henry Parr, b. 2 mo. 26, 1827; m. Re- 
becca ; d. Aug. 17, 1864. No children. 



XII 

GRANDCHILDREN OF DAVID AND MARY LAUGH- 
ARNE MALSBY 

Children of Frances and Samuel McConnell 

MARY McConnell, (77). Mary, daughter of Samuel 
and Frances McConnell (born on the old Mechem 
farm), married Isaac Whitaker and had a family 
of seven daughters and two sons. ' 'She was a good woman, " 
and her long married life was spent in one home near Forest 
Hill, on the farm that was part of "Whitaker's Invitation." 
This grant of one thousand acres had been made to her 
husband's father Joshua Whitaker,! who later divided it 
amongst his children, of whom there was a large family. 

Joshua Whitaker was a slave owner, but his daughters 
having become members of the Society of Friendst and he 
likewise leaning that way, he liberated all his slaves before 
his death. 

*The original grant was for four thousand acres, to the father of Joshua Whit- 
aker. One thousand came into possession of Joshua, who was a tobacco planter, 
and with his slaves rolled the casks of tobacco down the Joppa road to the wharf at 
Joppa. The original Whitalser's Invitation extended from Abingdon thiough, or 
near, Belair to Forest Hill. In the family burying ground Is a stone bearing the fol- 
lowing inscription:— 

Joshua Whitaker 

Died 1818 Aged 57 Yrs. 

His Wife 

Ruth Howard 

Also their children 

Aquilla Whitaker 

Nancy West 

Martha Kean 

Susan Whitaker 

Matilda Whitaker 

Ruth Hawkins 

Joshua Whitaker 

Died 1861 Aged 66 Yrs. 

Erected by A. B. and O. M. Whitaker. 

tl, 10, 1805. Women friends to visit Ruth Whitaker, who is received in mem- 
bership, 3, 12, 1803. Clarissa Whitaker is received in membership. 

(295) 



296 IHE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

Isaac Whitaker attended Friend's Meeting, but never 
became a member. Shortly before his death (twenty-five 
years ago), when attending Baltimore Yearly Meeting, he in- 
vited John J. Cornell to his daughter's (Mrs. Mabbett's) 
home on Pine St. , to hold an evening meeting. 

He was Southern in belief during the war of the Rebel- 
lion, but took no part. 

One of his sons was twice drafted, and furnished sub- 
stitutes. 

Marriage Certificate of Mary McConnell 
This is to certify that on the 28th Day of May in the year of our 
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me Sam'. .Jordan 
one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of York, Isaac 
Whitaker and Mary McConnel, both of Harford Connty, state of Mary- 
land ware legally joined in Marriage, each Declaring themselves free Re- 
spectively from prior engagements or other Lawful Impediments, In Wit- 
ness whereof as well they the said Isaac Whitaker and Mary McConnel 
as I the said Justice and other Witnesses present have herewith sub- 
scribed our names the Day and year aforesaid. 

Sam' Jordan Elizabeth Amos 

Isaac Whitaker Jane Whiteford 

Mary Whitaker Matilda Theaker 

An'" Cooper Benjamin Amos 

H. Cunningham, Jr. John Theaker 

Joshua Whitaker 
John W. Scott 

V. Children of Mary and Isaac Whitaker 
V. (231). Frances Whitaker, b. 7. mo. 13, 1819, d. 10 mo. 24, 
1841, buried at Forest Meeting (26th) ; m. 1 mo. 23, 1838, to 
Jacob Kirk, a contractor and builder. She died young, 
leaving one child, who was reared by his great-grand- 
father*, Samuel McConnell. Child: 

822. Elisha Allen Kirk, b. 1 mo. 30, 1839; m. Maggie Aiken. 
Children: Robert, Maria, and Jacob. 

V. (232). Clarissa Whitaker, b. 8 mo. 20, 1821; m. Jacob Kirk. 
Three years after her sister's death she became the wife 

♦Thesis a mistake, Samuel McConnell died 18H. Possibly two years after his 
mother's death Elisha spent with his grandfiither. Later he lived with hisfatherand 
stepmother who was also his aunt. It was his mother who lived with her grandpa- 
rents before her marriage. 



IHE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 297 

of Jacob Kirk. She was a worthy woman, and brought up 
three daughters and a son. 

823. Fannie Kirk, m. Hutton. Children: Clara, Philena, 

Matilda, and Georgianna. 

824. Mollie Kirk. 

825. Maria Kirk, m. Oliver Holland. Children: Esther and . 

826. Hall Kirk. 

V. (233). Samuel Whitaker, b. 6 mo. 1, 1824, m. Miss Dick- 
inson. Children: 

827. Mary Frances, m. Parr. Children: Clarissa, Paul, 

Teresa. 

Samuel Whitaker, married and lived in Louisiana, and 
died there, having a family. His wife and baby boy 
died of yellow fever, some forty-five years ago. 

V. (234). Elizabeth Whitaker, b, 1 mo. 5, 1826; d. 11 mo. 
1902; m. 1857, Samuel Walker. Lived at Waverly, Balti- 
more, Md. No children. 

V. (235). James Whitaker, b. 5 mo. 13, 1827. He lived at 
the old homestead and died there, unmarried. 

V. (236). Angelina V/hitaker, b. 7 mo. 24, 1830; m. Mahlon 
Thompson and lived at High Point, part of the Whitaker 
farm. Children: 

828. Whitaker. 

829. Mattie. 

V. (237). Matilda Whitaker, b. 7 mo. 19, 1832; m. Charles 
Thompson and hved near Havre de Grace. She died 
young. They attended Friends' Meeting but were not 
members. They had one child: 

830. Charles H. Thompson. 

V. (238). Mary Lucretia Whitaker, b. Sept. 12, 1834; m. May 
, 1860, to Emory McKendry Pentz. Children: 

831 a. Mary Louise, died in infancy. 

831. Charles McKendry, d. 1899; m. 1st, Katharine Carman, who 
left one child, Annie Florence Pentz. 2nd, Sarah Elizabeth 
Bruton, one child, Charles Bruton Pentz. 

832. Annie Laura, m. N. Howard Dean (see Howard Dean) ; two 
children: Eloine Leah, and Mary Geneva Dean. 

833. Samuel Emory, m. Katheryn, dau. of F. H. Shallus. Chil- 
dren: Isabelle Shallus and Letha Geneva. 



298 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

834. Geneva Florence. 

834 a. Maria Collins, died in infancy. 

Mary Lucretia Whitaker Pentz married a second time, 
Joseph L. Lee, who is not living. She is Hving in Baltimore. 
V. (239). Annie Sophia Whitaker, b. 4 mo. 8, 1838, was named 
for the two daughters of John Parr: Ann, greatly beloved 
in the family, who died unmarried, and Sophia, who mar- 
ried William Jarvis. She married 10 m. 1, 1857, Abram 
Joseph Mabbett, a Northern man. She is living in Balti- 
more. Children: 

835. Edwin Joseph Mabbett, b. 7 mo. 8, 1861; m. 1 mo. 28, 1884, 
Clarissa Fussell Martenet, d. of Simon J. and Philena L. Fussell 
Martenet, b. Jan. 28, 1863. Children: 

Joseph Edwin, b. 2 mo. 24, 1885. 
Mabel Irene, b. 6 mo. 1, 1886. 
Royden Keith, b. 1 mo. 7, 1890. 

836. Birdie, b. 4 mo. 4, 1865; m. 10 mo. 1, 1889, William Henry 
Reckord. Child: 

Mabbett King, b. 11 mo. 29, 1893. 

837. Lillie A., b. 9 mo. 17, 1868; m. John King, 9 mo. 17, 1890; d. 
7 mo. 17, 1892. 

IV. (78). James McConnell, b. 10 mo. 14, 1801, on the 
Mechem farm; d. in Burlington, Iowa, 10 mo. 8, 1878; m. 
11 mo. 29, 1832, Anna Cooper*, of Morris, Belmont Co. , 
Ohio, b. 5 mo. [20] , 1801, and died in Salem, Ohio, 6 mo. 
21, 1862. They were both buried in Hope Cemetery, Sa- 
lem, Ohio. 

James McConnell, m. 12 mo. 31, 1863, Catharine M. 
Cowles. James McConnell was a successful farmer in 
Maryland on the farm bought by his father, when he was 
ten years old. He moved west in 1853, and bought a dry 
goods store in Salemt, Ohio. 

V. Children oj James and Anna Cooper McConnell 

V. (240). Sarah C. McConnell, b. 10 mo. 12, 1833, d. 10 mo. 
14, 1907, m. 1 mo. 1, 1855, Emmor H. Price, M.D., son of 

*Anna Cooper, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Cooper. The former died Jan. 
31, 1845. 

tFive years later he moved to Burlington, Iowa, and established the wholesale 
leather, saddlery, and hardware store that is carried on by his sons, S. B. and I. C- 
McConnell. 



IHE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 299 

Joel and Edith Price, of Gunpowder. They removed to 
Chattanooga, Tenn. Children: 

838. Edith, b. 6 mo. 15, 1856; m. John C. Vance. Children: 
Mary Esther, b. 1 mo, 25, 1882; m. 10 mo. 18, 1904, Henry 

Alford Leonard. 
Elizabeth, b. 2 mo. 2, 1891. 

839. Anna M. Price, b. 7 mo. 16, 1860; m., June 13, 1889, in 
Chattanooga, Alonza Graves, son of Hercy and Lydia Mich- 
ener Graves, of Richmond, Indiana. Children: 

Sarah Elma, b. 6 mo. 20, 1891. 
Lydia Michener, b. 12 mo. 19, 1893. 
Gertrude, b. 12 mo. 30, 1894. 
Stanton McConnell, b. 2 mo. 6, 1900. 
Elaine, b. 2 mo. 2, 1901; d. 7 mo. 1901. 
The families of Edith Vance and Anna Graves live in Chattanooga. 

V. (241). Frances Louisa McConnell, b. 5 mo. 16, 1837; m. 
5 mo. 9, 1858, to William Eastman, son of Jonathan and 
Margaret Eastman, of Ellsworth, Ohio. Children: 

840. Edward Percy, b. in Salem, 1 mo. 1, 1860; m. 9 mo. 29, 1897, 
in Burlington, Iowa, to Millie Parker Smith, daughter of 
Frederick and Lucy Parker Smith. No children. 

841. Ernest, b. 1 mo. 27, 1863; d. 8 mo. 23, 1863. 

842. Anna Mabel, b. 5 mo. 5, 1865; m. 10 mo. 1, 1889, Ernest 
MacMillan, son of Joel and Sarah MacMillan (Quaker Family), 
of Salem, Ohio. No children. 

842a. Mary Eastman, b. 10 mo. 31, 1868. Died at birth. 

843. Irene Eastman, b. 2 mo., 22, 1876. 

All the above children were born in Salem, Ohio. 
The Eastman family reside in Burlington, Iowa. 

V. (242). James Webster McConnell, b. 9 mo. 22, 1839; d. 2 
mo. 8, 1863, in Cincinnati. He enlisted as a private and 
became Captain of Company K, 13th Ohio Volunteers.* 

V. (243). Samuel Rufus McConnell, b. 1 mo. 13, 1842; m. 1 
mo. 16, 1873, in Norich, Huron Co. , Ohio, to Eliza W. Hes- 
ter, daughter of John and Lucinda Hester, by Rev. A. J. 
Lyon. Children: 

844. Charles Rufus, b. 2 mo. 18, 1875, in Burlington, Iowa; d. 3 
mo. 17, 1882. Interred in north half of Lot 9, Block 253, Aspen 
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. 

♦He resigned on acconnt of poor health. After a few months he raised a com- 
pany and entered the 115 Ohio regiment with it as Company C. He died in Cincinnati 
and his remains were buried in Hope Cemetery, Salem, with military honors. 



300 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL V 

845. Hester McConnell, b. 11 mo. 25, 1883, in Burlington, Iowa. 
Eliza H. McConnell, wife of Samuel R. McConnell, of 1015 N. Sixth 

Street, Burlington, Iowa, died September 12, 1908. She was born in 
Havana, Huron County, Ohio, March 21, 1846, and was the daughter of 
John S. and Lucinda Hester. She was an earnest and sincere member of 
the Methodist church, "firm in the faith and never tiring of good works." 
"She was a graduate of Baldwin University, of Berea, Ohio; the Dela- 
ware, Ohio, college, and Professor Steele's school of music." It was at 
Baldwin University that she first met her future husband, and they came 
to Burlington immediately after their marriage, January 16, 1873. 

They had two children, a son, Charles, born February 18, 1875, 
died March 17, 1882; and their daughter Hester. 

She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 
and interested in all good works, in any of which she was well qualified to 
take a leading part. Her interest however centered in her home, "and it 
was from the home that her influence for good went out, and the good 
work that she did among and for those upon whom misfortune had 
frowned, was done so simply and so naturally, and so quietly, that it 
never attracted the attention of any who shared the honor of her ac- 
quaintance. She was a fine type of the very best of American women; 
prosperity did not spoil her, and in the depths of adversity she would 
have been the same cheerful, quiet. God-fearing woman, commanding 
the respect of all. " — Extracts from the Burlington Hawk-eye. 

V. (244). Nicholas Cooper McConnell, b. 6 mo. 30, 1844; d, 
2 mo. 16, 1848. Interred at Forest Meeting-house. 

V. (245). Isaiah C. McConnell, b. 7 mo. 4, 1847; m. 10 mo. 11, 
1877, to Willie J. Horner, daughter of William and Jose- 
phine Horner, in Burlington, Iowa. One child: 

846. Anna McConnell, born in Burlington, July 9, 1878; died July 
15, 1896, and was interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burling- 
ton, Iowa. 

Of the children of James, son of Samuel and Frances 
McConnell, the sons, Samuel and Isaiah McConnell, are 
living in Burlington, Iowa. Frances L. Eastman, widow 
of Wm. Eastman, is also living there. Sallie C. McConnell, 
wife of Dr. Emmor H. Price, of Chattanooga, lived just out 
of the city, on Lookout Mountain. 

Bible Records 

The date of the death of Frances McConnell having been 
omitted on page 230, the following records are given from the 
bible of Samuel McConnell, printed 1814, now (1885) in pos- 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 301 

session of his grandson, Samuel R. McConnell of Burlington, 
Iowa. 

Frances McConnell departed this life on the 24th of 5th month, 1843, 
aged 81 years, 4 months, and 14 days, and was interred in Friends' burying 
ground at [old] Forest Meeting. 

Samuel McConnell departed this life on the 18th of 7th mo., 1844, 
aged 81 years, 5 months, and 5 days, and was interred in the Friends' 
burying ground at Forest Meeting. 

The deaths of David and Wheeler Malsby, the brothers, and that of 
Angelina Orr, the sister of Frances McConnell, are also recorded in this 
Bible. It is the only one that has been found belonging to the children 
of Mary Laugharne. The David Malsby Bible, possibly that of the father 
of the above, was burned in a fire in Kansas. 

The Parr Bible was at Richmond, Va., and of the others no trace has 
been found. 

History of Little Falls Meeting 

Some history of the meeting attended by so many of the 
Maulsby family, and where so many of them were buried, 
will probably be of interest to the family. 

Little Falls Meeting is located in Harford Co., Maryland, twenty 
miles northeast of Baltimore, eighteen miles east of Gunpowder, and ten 
miles northwest of Magnolia Station, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal- 
timore R. R. , whence there is a stage daily. 

The circumstances attending the establishment of this meeting are 
peculiar. From an account furnished Friends' Intelligencer, some years 
ago, by our esteemed Friend, Joseph Foulke, deceased, I extract the fol- 
lowing : 

William Amos, a military officer, who held a large tract of land in 
Harford County, about the year 1738, when walking one First-day morning 
over his premises, was induced to sit down on a log. Here his meditations 
and devotions were such as he regarded it as worship. He went again, 
and was deeply impressed with similar feelings. After continuing this 
practice for some time, he named the circumstances to some of his worthy 
neighbors, some of whom were induced to come and sit with him on the 
log. Others fell in by degrees, until their number in about six weeks in- 
creased to nine, when the log was nearly occupied. 

After meeting here for some time they inquired among themselves 
whether there were any other people who worshipped in this way. Hav- 
ing ascertained that their worship was similar to that of Friends, they 
went to Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, a distance of nearly twenty miles 
(William Amos himself in his military costume). They laid their case 
before the Meeting which, on deliberate consideration, received them 
into unity and membership, and at once granted them an Indulged Meet- 
ing. The nine then erected a little cabin, which answered for a place of 



302 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

worship about one year. They soon erected a log house, which answered 
their purpose for several years. This they subsequently enlarged, for an 
additional accommodation as a school house. At length they found it 
necessary to enlarge again, and erected a substantial stone meeting- 
house in place of the log building. 

In 1843, the present large and comfortable stone building was 
erected. 

From Friends' Records, 22nd of 8th mo., 1753, we find mention in the 
records of Gunpowder Monthly Meeting of a deed of gift from Thomas 
Bond, Sr., to his sons, Thomas and John, for the use of Friends, forever, 
of the land whereon Friends' Meeting House at Little Falls is built. This 
land was a part of Bond's Forest. The school house is likewise men- 
tioned as being here located. 

Establishment of Little Falls Meeting 

(Taken from records of Gunpowder Monthly Meeting and Quarterly 
Meetings.) 

In the year 1749 (8 mo. 2nd), Thomas Bond, Sr., gave one acre of 
land for the use of Friends, forever; and on it a meeting house, and later 
a school house of log, were built about this time. 

On the 27th, 9th mo., 1751, John Chalk, Willliam Amos, and Thomas 
Miles requested to be taken under care of this meeting, which is granted. 

2, 25, 1752, William Wilson and several other friends and friendly 
people Dwelling on the North side of the Gunpowder River were at the 
meeting and Desired the approbation of friends to keep a publick first 
day meeting for publick worship of Almighty God convenient for them 
on little falls of the sd river which to this meeting appearing reasonable 
provided the approbation of the Quarterly Meeting be obtained. 

8 mo. 11, 1752. At the Quarterly M. held at West River the commit- 
tee appointed at the preceding Meeting report in regard to Little Falls 
"such satisfactory information that it seemed good to grant their ap- 
probation." 

22, 8, 1753. The committee appointed to survey the deed of gift of 
Thomas Bond, Sr., to his sons Thomas and John of an acre of land, part 
of the tract called Bond's forest, for use of Friends forever, report hav- 
ing surveyed that land (giving boundary lines), containing the present 
Meeting-house and school house. Signed: William Parrish, John Chalk, 
Thomas Bond, Sr., Thomas Matthews, Wm. Amos, Thos. Bond, Jr., 
Joseph Taylor, Henry Wilson, John Bond. 

1754. Little Falls asks for a "mid-week meeting to be held on the 
fifth day before Monthly Meeting, and that at the close of the meeting 
for worship a preparative meeting may be held. ' ' 

Little Falls Monthly Meeting was established in 1815. 
Other Minutes of Meeting 

2, 25, 1752. Meeting was established at Little Falls. See pp. 32, 37, 
38, 48, 46, 47, of Friends' records. 



THE MA ULSB V FAMIL V 303 

1770. Meeting at school house is abandoned: p. 37. 
1772, 6, 24, Deed for one acre of land: p. 77. 

1772, 9, 23. New Meetinghouse: pp. 85, 90, 104, 105. 

1773, 2, 24. The new meeting house to be 30 x 40 feet, with gallery 
and fire place and cedar roof: pages 85, 90, 104, 105. 

1754. Ask for a preparative meeting. 

Story of Revolutionary Days 

It is related that during the Revolutionary war ' 'part of the Ameri- 
can army lay near the Gunpowder Falls meeting-house, which did not 
prevent the Friends from holding their usual meetings for worship. 

"Among these troops was a colonel of dragoons, whose resentment 
against Friends was raised to such a pitch of malice, that one day when 
traversing the country he came to the most extraordinary and cruel reso- 
lution of putting to the sword the Friends who were then collected at 
their place of worship; considering them no better than a company of 
traitors. Drawing up his men near the spot, he ordered them to halt, in 
order to make arrangements for the execution of his dreadful purpose. 
At this moment an awful silent pause took place, in which he felt his 
mind so powerfully smitten with convictions that he not only drew off his 
men, but conceived very favorable sentiments of the Society; and con- 
tinuing to yield to his convictions, he afterwards joined in communion 
with Friends, and continued faithful to the principles of truth professed 
by them." — Sutcliffe's Travels. 

Marriage Certificates 

Some Marriage Certificates signed by members of the 
family: 

William Amos, Jr., and Susannah Howard, married, 1st 7 mo., 1773. 

Amongst witnesses were: 

David Malsby, 
John Malsby. 

William Brown and Elizabeth Lacey, married, 2 mo. 23, 1775. 

Witnesses: 

David Malsby, 
James Hicks, 
John Malsbey. 

John and Ann Mason, married, 3d of 10 mo. , 1776. 

David Malsby, 
John Malsbey. 

John Stockdale and Mary, married, 1776. 

John Malsby. 



304 THE MA ULSB V FAMIL V 

Thomas and Elizabeth Hayhurst Lacey, 12 mo. 18, 1777. 

Wheeler Malsby, 
Enoch Williams. 

Enoch, son of William Williams, and Eleanor, of Gwynedd, and Ann 
Williams, married 11 mo. 5, 1770. 

John Malsby, 
Peter Williams, 
David Malsby. 

Isreal Morris and Sarah Bond, married, 3 mo. 2, 1780, at Little Falls. 

James Hicks. 

James Mason and Rachel Scott, m., 3 mo. 2, 1780, at Gunpowder. 

Abraham Hicks. 

William Wood and Mary Smith, m. 5 mo. 29, 1781, at Little Falls. 

James Hicks, 
Mary Hicks. 

David Wilson and Jane Humphrey, m. 3 mo. 11, 1784, at Baltimore. 

Mary Maulsby, 
Thomas Dean, Jr. 

Ennion Williams, son of Isaac of Balto. , and Hannah Hay ward, m. 6 
mo. 9, 1785. 

John Malsby, 
Mary Malsby. 

Isaac Williams and Rebecca Hay ward, of Balto., m. 10 mo. 2, 1783. 

John Rogers, 
Susannah Rogers, 
John Maulsby, 
Mary Maulsbv, 
Mary Hicks. 

Jesse Brown of New Jersey and Dorothy Matthews, m. 5 mo. 5, 1791, 
at Balto. 

James Hicks. 

Warwick Price and Susannah Coates, 11 mo. 1, 1792, at Balto. 

James Hicks, 
Mary Hicks. 

Jacob Lukens and Tace Parsons, m. 2 mo. 7, 1801, at Little Falls. 

Morris Malsby, 
David Malsby. 

Amos and Mary Benson, m. 3 mo. 4, 1806. 

Catharine Malsbury, 
Pamala Malsby, 
Mary Malsby. 



XIII 
ROADES HISTORY 

THE Roads or Rhoads* family is a very old one, and 
has flourished for 800 years. 
It is descended from Gerard de Rodes, a baron, 
living in the reigns of Henry H (1154-1189), Richard I, 
John and Henry III, who received great favors from all these 
monarchs. Richard I granted him the lordships of Langar 
and Barneston, in Nottinghamshire, and they were confirmed 
by John. 

These estates, says Thoroton (1677), went together be- 
fore Norman times, and have done so ever since. They were 
first granted to William Peverill, "Peverill of the Peake", 
but soon came into possession of Gerard de Rodes. He also 
owned "Clifton and Wilford," also in Notts., and Barton, and 
other estates. These also had been of the demesne of Wm. 
Peverill. These estates "he had during John, and Ralphf de 
Rodes, his son, a very great man, was possessed of them 
(1222) 6 H, 3." His son Gerard, lord of Melles, obtained 
them, and at the end of Henry or beginning of Edward I, 
granted them (Clifton and Wilford), and the services of free- 
holders there and at Barton, to Sir Gervase de Clifton. X He at 

* The name has varied greatly in spelling, often in the same document. These 
are its more common forms: De Rodes, Rodes, Roodes, Roades, Roads, Rhodes, 
Rhoades, and Rhoads. 

tl'216-9, a Sir Gorvase Clifton was Steward to Sir Ralph de Rodes. 

JThis Sir Gervase (or a later one) served eight terms in Parliament and enter- 
tained, from king to beggar. He was seven times married. One daughter married 
Sir Francis Rhodes. Many of the family tombs have etSgies. His grandslre. Sir 
Gervase, sleeps in efflgy on an ample tomb, with Dame Mary Nevill on one side 
and Dame Winifriede on the other. \\^e cannot help picturing a similar tomb with 
this Sir Gervase in efflgy in the midst of his seven wives. 

The list of the marriage outfit of Dame Mary is preserved, and the items for 
the marriage breakfast show the English of that day to have been "good providers." 

Sir Gervase Is probably an ancestor of our own, and if we find him to be so we 
must see an account of that wedding breakfast held so long ago.— See Thoroton's 
Nottinghamshire. 

(305) 



306 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

first received £30 per annum rent, but afterward remitted this 
also. Clifton and Wilford contain 1200 acres. There are 
' 'divers Seals of the largest Size of some of this Family in the 
Chartulary at Clifton, with their images on horseback on one 
side, and on the other 'Secretum, ' with a Lion Rampant upon a 
shield and one within a Bordure." 

Langar and Barneston had also belonged to Earl Howe. 
It seems that the Prior and Convent of Lenton, according 
to ancient custom, tithed the corn of Langar after it was 
gathered into the barn. This custom was remitted during 
Sir Ralph's day, and instead the tithing was done in the 
field. Sir Ralph insuring them against loss and allowing them 
if not satisfied to return to the former way of doing. 

Sir Ralph was also allowed the privilege of having a 
chapel in his court at Langar, if he would swear not to un- 
dermine the "Mother Church," and if Sir Ralph and his 
Lady Berta should attend church on all festivals, unless there 
be some ' 'manifest cause' ' for their not so doing. The chapel 
was also prohibited from having bells. 

There was also an ancient church or chapel in the fields 
of Langar, called St. Athelburga's or St. Auberg's. 

Sir Willliam de Rodes, supposed to be the brother of Sir 
Ralph, had some difficulty with the church authorities in 1257, 
but it was happily adjusted by dividing their cause of differ- 
ence. 

THE RODES PEDIGREES 
Rodes of Woodthorpe 

Arms: Quarterly 1 and 4, Argent a lion passant gardant Gules en- 
closed by 2 acorns Azure between 2 cotises Ermine; 2 and 3, Argent, a 
chevron between three cross crosslets Sable, an annulet for difference 
(Cachehaus). 

Crest: An arm erect, the hand grasping an oak bough, slipped and 
fructed proper. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 
Rodes 



307 



Adam= 
Son of Simon, son of I 

Sir Geor ge Rodes, Kt. | 

Peeter Rodes, son of Adam. = 



Robert Rodes^ 



Thomas Rodes of Thorp juxta'— co. Ebor= 



William Rodes^Emme,^ da. and heir of John Cachehaus, of Staveley 
I CO. Derby. 

I 
John Rodes, of Staveley, Woodthorpe,= 



John Rodes, of Staveley, Woodthorpe,^ 



Robert Rodes, of Staveley, Woodthorpe,=Elizabeth, da. of — Wase. 

I 



Atheline, da.: 
Thos. Hewett 
of Wales, 

CO. 

Ebor 1 ux. 



m 



I 

=John Rodes= 
of Staveley 

I [high sher- 
iff of Derby- 
shire], 1591. 



Johan dau. of John 
Mowld, of Lon- 
don, Merchant. 



Joyce or Johan, ux. 
Wm. Wood, of 
Burton on Trent. 



Elizabeth, = 
da. of 
Brian Sand- 
ford, of 
Thorpe Sal- 
vin CO. , 

Ebor. 1 ux. 



:^ Francis Rodes* = 
of Staveley, mar., I 
1569, Justice of I 
Common Pleas, | 
living 1579; ob. 
1589 



Richard Rodes. 
Mary, da. of Francis 
Charleton, of Appley 
CO. Salop. 



I 
2 Katherin. 



I 
3 Mary. 



I 
Anne ux. 
John Bassett 
of Fledbor- 
ough, CO. 
Notts. 



Francist 

aet. 12 

1569, 

mar. to one 
coutes, widow, 

in Norf. 



John aet. 7, 1569 
eldest son 
sheriff of Derbyshire. 



Peter, 
aet. 3, 1569. 



Anne da. and coheir of Gre- 



John 



Dorothy, da. of George 



•Harl. M. S. S. 6592. Since the visitation he hath had by his second wyf the 
children— Godfrey, Robert, Francis, Trothe, Francis ded., Margaret, ded., Elizabeth, 
Atheline, Cicely. 

tThis age is evidently wrong, probably two years. 

iRotherham. 

2Burke gives this name Anne. 



308 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

gory Benson, of co. I married I Savill, in co. York, 2 ux. 
Westm' land, 1 ux. I third | 



I time I I 

A son and daughter, Frances, da. John Rodes. A dau., 

both died. of Constable of (disinherited.) died young. 

Hedderne 
widow of Henry Cheek. 
\ 

I I I 

Katharin, Elizabeth, Mary. 

5 dau. 3 dau. 

— The Geneolof/ist, New Series, Vol. VIII. 

The earlier part of this pedigree differs from that given by Glover in 
his History of Derbyshire, which is: 

Rodes 

Gerard de Rodes= 

Lived temp. Henry II. He had 1 

the two lordships of Langar and | 

Barneston given by King Rich- I 

ard I., grant confirmed by John. | 

Sir Ralph de Rodes of— Berta ejus ux. Sir William. 

Langar and Barneston, I both named time Henry III. (1257) 
etc. 



Sir 
te 
ar 
(1 

G 
lord 


Gerard de Rodes= 
mp. Henry III, 
id Edw. I. 
""horoton) . 


= 






srard de Rodes- 
of Melles. | 




John who (Thoroton) 
passed away. Lan- 
gar and Barneston 
13 Edw. I. On his 
seal circumscribed 
by his name, he 
hath a lion rampant 
debruised by a bind- 
let. 


1 

Simon 

de Rodes. 








Ger 

gr 
ar 
hi 
R 

I 

I 

Sir J 
m 


ird de Rodes = 
anted Langar 
id Barneston to 
s uncle John 
odes. 


iorpe= 


Adam Rodes of Thorpe 
near Rotherham, co. 
York. 

r 




>eter Rodes of T\ 




lobt Rodes of Thorpe= 




1 1 
Fohn, Knt, Master of the household to the Thomas 
ost noble prince Edw., Prince of Wales Rodes of Thorpe 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 309 

and Duke of Acquitane, died 4 Rich II. I 

[1380.] I 

William Rodes of Staveley Woodthorp — Emma, dau. of John Cachehorse 
CO. Derby before 1290. or Kochhors of Staveley, 

Woodthorp. 

Burke, in his "Commoners of Great Britain," gives this 
description: 

"The family of Rodes or Rhoades is of great antiquity, having flour- 
ished for several centuries in the counties of Nottingham, Lincoln, York, 
and Derby, successively. 

"The first settler on record in England, of this family, is Gerard de 
Rodes, a feudal baron, the capital seat of whose barony was Horn Castle 
in Lincolnshire. Camden says, Horn Castle was a soke or seignory of 
thirteen lordships. Gerard de Rodes was, consequently, one of the 
greater barons; his absence as ambassador will account for his name not 
occurring on the Roll of Magna Charta, he having been sent by King 
John, 29th March, in the ninth year of his reign, ambassador to foreign 
parts. 

"It is not known when the baronetcy became extinct, but the lands 
of Horn Castle were lost in the reign of Richard II." 

Froissart mentions two families of Rodes, or Rhodes; one the Counts 
d'Armagnach and Rhodes, who came from Normandy with Henry II, and 
Margaret his mother; the other de Rhodes, hereditary knights of 
Flanders.* It is not known to which family Gerard belonged. Burke 
says probably to the first, and equally and more probably to the last 
mentioned one. 

Wilson derives the pedigree of the Rodes from Rodeses, barons of 
Horncastle in Lincoln. — Boothroyd's Pontefract, page 268. 

In the Milnes pedigree (Beetham's Baronetage) there is no notice of 
any connection between the two families, and the account begins with 
Francis Rodes of Staveley Woodthorp. 

Sir John Rodes, Knt. 

Sir John Rodes, Knt., was master of the household to the most noble 
prince Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Prince of 
Aquitaine. Sir John died, 4 Richard II. 

Edward, the Black Prince, b. June 15, 1330, d. June 8, 1376. His 
son became Richard II. He married in 1361 his cousin Joanna, daughter 
of the Earl of Kent. He was the hero of Crecy and Poictiers. 

* Whocame over with the Earl of Flandersand Tofti, Harold's brother, to 
assist William the Conqueror.— Froissart, Vol. 1, p. 121. 

A Sir John de Rhodes was amongst the knignti^ who came over to serve In 
Edward's army against Bruce. He died in the service of iiis legitimate monarch. 



310 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

He lived in Aquitaine, returning to England shortly before his death. 
"He was a splendid example of the virtues and vices fostered by the spirit 
of chivalry." 

The Rodes estates seem to have been divided or disposed 
of in Notts., and others retained in Yorkshire and Derbyshire, 
where the branch of the family in which we are interested 
removed. 

It was founded by WilHam Rodes, * who married Emme, 
daughter and heiress of John Cachehors, t of Staveley Wood- 
thorpe in Derbyshire. 

This remained the family seat until Barlborough Hall was 
built by Francis Rodes. His son. Sir John Rodes, Knt., sold 
Staveley Woodthorpe, and made Barlborough the permanent 
family residence. 

Barlborough Hall, Derbyshire, was built by Francis 
Rodes, Esq., justice, about 1583. 

The coat-of-arms of the Derbyshire branch of the family 
is brought down to 1695. It has sixteen or eighteen quarter- 
ings. 

M.otto:—Rohur Meum Deus: God is my strength. 

The title became extinct at the death of Sir John Rodes, 
in 1745. He was unmarried, and willed his estates to his sis- 
ter, Francis Heathcote's grandson, who assumed the name of 
Rodes. 

Sir John and his mother. Lady Rodes (Dame Martha), 
were early converts to Quakerism. 

Barlborough 
Barlborough is about eight miles from Chesterfield, in 
the north-eastern part of Derbyshire, near the Yorkshire line. 
It is southeast from Sheffield. 

* The following probably refers to this William de Rodes: from Derbyshire 
Charter, compiled by Isaac H. Jeaues: 

No. 902. "Sale for £17.10.0. by Henry Grey, knight, Lord Grey of Coduor and 
Dame Margaret, his wife, for William Roodes [or Rodes] of Nottingham, of all trees, 
wood, underwood, etc., lying between Botery [Butterley] Park and Codnor Park to 
Michaelmas, 1178. Dated April 14, Edward VI [1474] (Woll iv 22)." 

No. 904. "Power of Attorney from Robert Rempstone, Esq., to Wm. Chadwyk 
•nd William Roodes to receive lands in Codnore. Dated 27 Aug., 14, Edwd. IV [1474.] 
(Woll iv 21). "Above from Edward Watklns. 

t Cachehors or Cachehaus. 




Arms 
Rodes of Barlborough 



312 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

"Barlborough Hall (ancient Barleburg) is a handsome mansion house, 
and a good specimen of the Elizabethan style. It was built in 1583 by 
Francis Rodes, justice. It is nearly square and has four fronts; the 
principal one faces south, and retains its original appearance. It is 
most ornamental, having projecting bows, terminated in octagonal em- 
battled turrets, and large transom windows. It is approached by a flight 
of steps leading through a porch with Doric pillars into a hall that has 
been modernized. 

"The dining room contains a magnificent stone chimney piece with 
fluted Doric pillars supporting figures of Justice aud Religion, coat of 
arms, and various ornaments in bas-relief. 

"In the upper part are the arms of the Rhodes family, with this in- 
scription: 'Francis Rodes Servians suae Reginae ad legem A. D., 1584, 
aetatis suae 50.' In the lower part are two shields of the arms of 
Rodes, with different implements, the one supported by a judge on the 
dexter, and a lady on the sinister side. At the bottom is this inscription: 
'Constitutus Justiciarius in Banco Communi, 30 Eliz.' On the sides are 
inscriptions describing his two wives and their issue. 

"The buff coat and sword of Sir Francis, worn in the time of Charles 
I, are preserved in this house. They are engraved in Grose's 'Ancient 
Armor,' Plate XXXIX." 

For picture of Barlborough Hall, see Glover's Derbyshire, Vol. II. 

"Barleburg" Hall [modern Barlborough] possesses the unique fame 
of being the same distance from all places where English speaking chil- 
dren dwell. Who has not played — 

"How many miles to Barleburg?" 

"Three score and ten." 

"Can I get there by candle-light?" 

"Yes, indeed, and back again; but beware of the old witch, etc. !" 

Was the witch one tried by Francis, the judge, in the days of good 
Queen Bess, we wonder? 

In "The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland," by 
Alice B. Gomme, nineteen versions of the rhyme sung in the game are 
given. She gives as the original verse the lines beginning, "How many 
miles to Babylon?" and the place name varied, as: Banbury-Cross, Barney 
Bridge, Banbury, Burslem, Bethlehem, Hebron, and Gandigo. 

The place name indicates that this version of the game: "How many 
miles to Barleburg?" came from the vicinity of Barleburg, Derby. 
It was no doubt introduced into Pennsylvania by the Derbyshire children 
— probably by the Rhoads, Maltby, Dawes, and other children, who traced 
their ancestry to Barlborough Hall. 

At the Conquest, Barleburg had a church, a priest, and one servant. 

The estate consists of 1655 acres, and is divided up into farms of from 
fifty to three hundred acres. It contains limestone and coal lands, and 
two hundred acres of wood. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 313 

At Barlborough are tombs to different members of the family, as well 

as to: — 

Sir Francis Rodes, Baronet, who died March 14, 1675; and — 

Dame Martha, wife of Sir Francis, who died 25 Oct., A. D. 1719. 

aged 77 years. 

Francis Rodes, Jvstice 

Francis Rodes was born at Staveley-Woodthorp (the 
home of his family for five generations) , Derbyshire. His 
family was of ' 'very ancient descent, and had been enriched 
by marriage with the heiress of Cachehors, who appears in 
several charters." His mother was a He wet of Wales, [or 
Wallis, Yorkshire,] "of a rich and prosperous family, " and Sir 
Francis acquired great property by the ' 'gainful practice of 
law." He was made sergeant-at-law, 21 Aug., 1582, and 
justice of Common Pleas, 29 June, 1585. His will was dated 7 
June, 29 Eliz., 1587, and proved 28 April, 1591. He died 7th 
January, 31st Eliz. 

Judge Rodes was seneschal to the Earl of Shrewsbury, 

In the church at Barlborough is a handsome marble 
monument, probably from the church at Worksop. 

Two of England's great tragedies are connected with 
Rodes history. Judge Rodes was one of the judges at the 
trial of Mary Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay, in October, 1586; 
and his granddaughter, Elizabeth, became the wife of the 
great earl of Strafford. 

His first wife was a daughter of Brion Sanford, of Thorpe 
Salvin. To the first son of this marriage, John, he left Barl- 
borough Hall, where his descendants still live. His other 
children were, Anne, Francis, and Peter. 

His second wife was Mary, daughter of Frances Charle- 
ton, Esq. , of Appley, Co. Salop, who was sister to Elizabeth, 
wife of John, Earl of Rutland. '"^ This wife had many chil- 
dren: — Katherine, Mary, "Godfrey, Robert, Francis, Trothe, 
Francis ded., Margaret ded., Elizabeth, Atheline, Cicely, 
Judeth and Brigit." 

*Henry, earl of Rutland, built Belvoir— 1555, d. 1565— the castle now standing 
near Orston, Notts. Haddon Hall was deserted by his family for this more splendid 
and modern residence. 



314 IHE MA ULSB V FAMIL V 

A description of Barlborough Hall has already been given: 

Hunter, in his History of Doncaster, says: — 

"Houghton and Billingsley" passed united to Sir Henry 
Knyvet, of Charlton, Wiltshire, knight, who had acquired 
Hickleton, He had license from Elizabeth, in the 20th year 
of her reign, to alienate;* and his bond in £3,000 to keep 
covenant (Eliz. ) in respect of his agreement concerning the 
three manors with Sir Francis Rodes, has descended to the 
present possessors, who are likewise descendants of Sir 
Francis. 

At Gt. Houghton he built a large and handsome Eliza- 
bethan mansion for his "secondary eldest son." It was 
called the "Hall of Rodes." 

Judge Rodes desired in his will to be buried at Staveley, 
with his wives and ancestors. He willed Barlborough to his 
eldest son; to Sir Godfrey, Iloughton and Billingsley, and 
land at Darfield, subject to a rent charge for two younger 
children, Robert and Francis. 

To his son Sir Petert he willed Hickleton, and for him he 
had built a "capital mansion" upon nearly the same scale with 
the houses of Barlborough and Gt. Houghton. The arms of 
Rodes are carved in stone over the doorway. The early 
records of Hickleton are lost, and there is no proof that Peter 
left children. At any rate this property soon passed into 
other hands (1606). 

Staveley is four and three-fourth miles from Chester- 
field. It is now owned by the Duke of Portland. 

Judge Rodes in 1537 established a free grammar school 
at Netherthorp. To support it and two scholarships in St. 
John's College, Cambridge, he bequeathed £20 per annum, 
since augmented to £30. 

Great Houghton is still owned by the descendants of Sir 
Godfrey. In 1789, Mrs. Mary Rodes, or "Madam Rodes, " 

' Gt. Houghton, with appurtenances and 20 messuages, 16 cottages, 20 tofts, 1 
water-mill, I wind-mill. 3 dove cotes, 30 garden.^, SO orchards, 700 acres of land, 300 
acres meadow, .500 pasture, 300 acres woods, 200 jampnorium, 200 acres moor, and 538, 
4d rent, with appurtenances in Gt. Houghton, Little Houghton, Billingley, and Dar- 
field. 

t See Boothroyd's Pontlfract, p. 268. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL V 315 

was living there. It then had much of the original furniture 
remaining. The walls were hung with tapestry, and on 
boards were painted portraits of Queen Elizabeth and many 
noted persons of her court. Thoresby, in his ' 'Diary, ' ' 1686, 
said he "visited 'cousin Rodes' at Great Houghton and was 
pleased with the portraits of eminent persons of Queen 
Elizabeth's time, and was glad to see the original portrait of 
the earl of Strafford." 

The earl of Strafford (Sir Thomas Wentworth) married 
for his third wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Godfrey Rodes. 

Sir Thomas Wentworth was a great Yorkshire landowner 
and a prominent member of the House of Commons (1628). 
At first a member of the popular party, urging the Petition of 
Rights, on the death of Buckingham his ambition caused 
him to "fling aside his cloak of patriotism," if such it was, 
and he became a minister of the first rank in the Council of 
King Charles. He was made Earl of Strafford, and by his 
tyranny and oppression got the hatred of the people, was 
impeached, and executed. 

The dramatic story of his life, impeachment, and death is 
well known. Lord Digby said his guilt was that of "that 
grand apostate to the Commonwealth, who must not expect 
to be pardoned in this world till he be despatched to the 
other." 

Strafford met death bravely, and said proudly, "I know 
how to look death in the face, and the people too." Having 
been warned of the vast multitude gathered to witness his 
execution: "I thank God I am no more afraid of death, but as 
cheerfully put off my doublet at this time as ever I did when 
I went to bed." 

For history of Lord Strafford see Green's Short History of England 
and Browning's "Strafford, An Historical Tragedy. " 

Lady Strafford and her daughter retired after his death 
to Hooton Roberts, where they lived many years. 

Lady Strafford died April, 1688, and in her will expressly 
ordered that no stone monument or escutcheon should be 



316 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

placed to her memory. Her only child, Lady Margaret Went- 
worth, died unmarried. 1681. 

A view of "Hooton Roberts" is engraved by Bowles. For pictures 
of "Wentworth Woodhouse, " now "Wentworth, "* and interesting de- 
scription, see Thoroton's Nottinghamshire.] 

Great Houghton in History 

Great Houghton was attacked by a party of Royalists 
under Captain Gray, in 1642. All the out-houses were burnt, 
goods to the value of £600 destroyed, and Lady Rodes un- 
civilly treated; some servants were wounded, and one was 
slain, t 

Possibly it was this time that Scott had in mind when he 
wrote the lines to which Burke refers in the following: 

It would appear from the following quotation from "Old Ballads" 
that the family had at one time a seat, either in Scotland, or nearer the 
border than Horn Castle, Lincolnshire: 

" The House of Rodes on the Hill." 
"The Gordon then his bugle blew. 

And said, 'awa, awa. 
The house of Rhodes is all on fire, 
I hold it time to ga. ' " 

Sir Godfrey Rodes, son of Sir Francis Rodes, of Barl- 
borough Hall, was knighted, 13th July, 1615. 

His son, Sir Edward Rodes, knight, of Great Houghton, 
was one of the two dissenters among the gentry of Yorkshire, 
(young Hotham, his cousin [?], the other). 

He was arrested and sent to the tower, but not brought 
to trial. He served under Cromwell, at the battle of Preston; 
he had a colonel's commission from him in 1654, and was a 
member of his Privy Council, He was much in Scotland dur- 
ing the Protectorate, and was returned member to one of 
Cromwell's Parliaments for the shire of Perth, at the same 
time that his son was returned for Linlithgow. 

* The family of Wentworth consisted of sixty-three persons during Lady Straf- 
ford's time. 

t One stipulation at the treaty of Rothwell was that reparation should be 
made Sir Edward Rodes for injury done him. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 317 

The last male heir of this branch, William Rodes, died 
unmarried at Great Houghton, in 1740, and the title became 
extinct. But the descendants of Sir Godfrey still own Great 
Houghton. This branch of the family became Presbyterians, 
and Hunter says: "The older branch of the family (those of 
Barlborough Hall) deviated still more widely from the faith 
of their fathers, and became Quakers. ' ' 

Sir Godfrey and family are buried at Darfield. For 
epitaphs, see Hunter's History of Doncaster, page 118. 

Sir Godfrey was four times married. 

Sir Edward's son Hammond was chaplain to the Countess 
dowager of Stafford (his aunt) . 

Richard Slater Milnes, M. P. , who married the heiress, 
expended £1000 in repairs at Great Houghton [or the Hall 
of Rodes] , and then abandoned the place, after a residence of 
ten weeks, building a new mansion. The old Hall was later 
a farm house, and then licensed as a public house. 

Sir Godfrey's Arms: Rodes Argent, a lion passant gules between two 
acorns azure in bend cotised ermine. 

Of the younger sons of Francis the Judge, little is known. From 
the parish records of St. Peters, Notts., is taken: 

Robert Rodes and Jone Hall were married, 2 Sept. , 1589. 

Peter Rodes and Margerie Hallam, married, 26 Nov., 1594. 

These are probably his sons. Of the other son mentioned in the will, 
Francis, we have not yet found record . He was living in 1587. 

Francis Rodes willed Barlborough Hall to his oldest son. Sir John 
Rodes, who was followed by three named Sir Francis Rodes, and on the 
death of the latter the property and title descended to 

Sir John Rodes, fourth baronet, who, leaving a will dated 
13 March, 1731, died unmarried, 1743, and was buried (26th 
of 7 mo.) in the Quaker Burying-ground at Hansworth, 
Woodhouse. At his death the title became extinct, and the 
estates passed to his grand nephew, Gilbert Heathcote, who 
assumed the name of Rodes. 

Gilbert Heathcote, M. D., married Frances, daughter of Sir Francis 
Rodes. He was born at Brampton, 12 Oct., 1664, and was an eminent 
physician of London, and a Quaker. He died of bruises which he re- 
ceived by the overturning of his coach in the Hampstead road, August, 
1719, and was buried at Bunhill Fields. 



318 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

He was the son of Gilbert Heathcote of Cutthorpe, and wife Lydia. 

Harleian, Vol. 37, p. 325, says Gilbert Heathcote of Cutthorpe, co. 
Derby, Gent., buried at Brampton, 7 Oct., 1677. He must be the Quaker 
G. H. of Barbadoes, 1669. See his letter — Mass. Hist. Soc. Collection, 
III, X, 76. 

Sir John Rhodes, Baronet 

"Among those from the higher walks of life who have released 
themselves from the shadowy and unsatisfying nature of earthly distinc- 
tions and enjoyments, may be mentioned Sir John Rodes. In early life 
he retired from walking in a vain show, and embracing the principles of 
Friends, sought his happiness in a life devoted to God. He was the in- 
timate friend of Thomas Story. [Name is spelled Rhodes in the Journal, 
but it would appear from annexed autograph to have been Rodes more 
correctly. There are Friends in Pennsylvania from the same locality, 
who write the name Rhoads. ] — Armistead's Miscellanies. 

Thomas Story, in his journal, 1686-1742, makes frequent 
mention of and pays frequent visits to Sir John Rodes and to 
the Heathcote family. 

1696. —On the 15th fell in with the Meeting at Mansfield, which was 
small and poor; and that Evening went to Balbur Hall, and lodged with 
Sir John Rodes, Baronet; who being convinced of Truth very young, em- 
braced the same under the Cross, forsaking all the Honour of this World, 
and the Friendship of it, for that Honor which is of God only, and the 
Friendship and Fellowship of the faithful and sanctified in Christ, of 
whom he is beloved and honored in the Truth as worthy. 

1714, 10 mo. 23. — I went that evening to Balbur Hall, to Sir John 
Rodes, and William Thompson with me, where I was kindly received by 
him, and the old Lady his Mother. Here I staid several Days, and had 
good conversation with them, being very open-minded and courteous, and 
of a good Understanding in the Things of God. He was convinced when 
young, and held his Integrity thro' many Temptations: But his Circum- 
stances differing from most among us in some respects: he lived unmar- 
ried, having a great Aversion to all that were wanton, light or vain; 
and being of nice Sentiments, both as to Virtue, Temper, Education and 
Parts; all these (as I suppose) he has not found to concur so perfectly in 
any one agreeable Person, as both to please the Delicacy of his own 
Judgment and suit the Good-liking of his Friends; which probably may 
have rendered his life less satisfactory, having for the most part, little 
agreeable Society; and though very sensible of these, and many other 
Disadvantages in this world for the Sake of Truth, yet he stands steady 
and true, preferring the Simplicity of Truth and the enjoyment of it, 
before all other Things. 

On the 27th, being the First of the Week, he went with me to the 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 319 

Meeting at Hansworth-Woodhouse (the meeting he belongs to), and af- 
terwards to the house of Michael Milner, where I lodged that night and the 
next, but he returned home. 
See also, 1723-31-32-38. 

Sir John Rodes came of age in 1691. 

25 of 4 mo., 1691. The trustees for the meetinghouse at Tupton that 
are choosen were: Sir John Roads, knight, Joseph Frith, Godfrey Beard 
and Saml. Ashton. 

31st 10 mo., 169'/ John Roads of Barlborough Hall brought from that 
side £1 5s Od. 

5th of 8 mo., 1693, occurs "John Roads Junior." (At this time John 
Roads, son of John of Ripley, had emigrated to America.) 

''Hansworth Woodhouse (now Woodhouse) is one of five 
preparative meetings, of Balby Monthly Meeting, Yorkshire, 
five or six miles from Sheffield. 

' 'Barlboro Hall is about eight miles from Chesterfield and 
six and a half from Woodhouse. Woodhouse being nearer and 
the roads more level, Sir John Rodes attended meeting here. It 
was also their family burying place, as he and the Heathcote* 
family are interred there. But Sir John seems to have be- 
longed to Derbyshire Quarterly Meeting, which books mention 
him as "Sir John Roads, Knight." In 1719 this meeting ap- 
points him to ' 'speak to members of Parliament about altering 
the Affirmative form." His seizures for tithes are regularly 
recorded in the Derbyshire book of Suffering, up to his death 
in 1743."-Edw. Watkins. 

In Wilson Armistead's Select Miscellanies, VI, 323-4, are portions of an 
interesting account of David Barclay, not yet ten years old, a son of 
Robert Barclay, "the Apologist, " taken from a manuscript at the conclu- 
sion of Robert Barclay's works, formerly in the library of Sir John Rodes 
of Balbur Hall, and dated, "Urie, the 20th of 12th month," 1691; con- 
cluding as follows: 

"Much more in the life and power of God spake he, not as a child, 
but as a man with weighty experience; and so his testimony and advice 
were to the reaching of all that were present, breaking some into tender- 
ness, filling some with joy and others with amazement. 

*The Heathcote family left £1360 for charities in Derby. 

A John Heathcote was the inventor of the famous bobbin-net machine in 1809, 
by which imitations of bobbin or cushion lace were made. "A great sum of money 
was derived from it." 



320 IHE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

"The next day it was remarked that it fell so weighty on him again, 
as if he had been called thei'eto, and several came in to whom it was a 
seasonable declaration. With a lively power and brokenness was he at- 
tended, to all our admiration." 




iW^ 



In "Smith Doncaster" reference is made to the above, and the sig- 
nature of Sir John as being the most interesting of the series of auto- 
graphs of early Friends. It is one published in Wilson Armistead's 
Select Miscellanies. 

Samuel N. Rhoads, of Haddonfield, N. J., has the following books 
containing autographs of Sir John Rodes : 

William Penn's Sandy Foundation Shaken, 1668. 

Milton's History of England, published 1695. 

An abridgement of Locke on the Understanding, 1696. 

An Enquiry concerning Virtue or Merit, 1711. 

Works of Dr. Thomas Lydenham, 1717. 

The signature of John Roades, Sr. , has already been given 
under the will of William Maltby, to which he was witness. 
It was verified by the signature to his will. 

In the signatures of John Roads, Adam Roades, and Sir 
John Rodes, a great similarity, especially in the family R, is 
noticeable. 

The fact of Sir John's being called in the Meeting records 
John Roads, Jr. , also points to the near relationship of the 
family. 

At the death of Sir John Rodes, the Barlboro estates de- 
scended to his grandnephew, Gilbert Heathcote,* who as- 

' Was disowned from Friends in 1761. Buried at Hansworth Woodhouse. 

From the Book of Denials, etc., of Derbyshire Quarterly Meeting : " A copy of 
a minute of Chesterfield Mo. Mtg., 19, 11 mo., 1761. In answer to our last the Friends 
appointed brought in the following lines on account of Gilbert Rodes, which was read 
and approved of, so are here inserted : 

"Whereas Gilbert Rodes, of Barlborough Hall, who was religiously educated 
by his parents, Cornelius and Elizabeth Heathcote, deceased, for want of keeping 
to ye measure of Grace given him, has let his mind out & given way to the various 
fashions & corruptions of the World and persisted iu the same for considerable 
time, notwithstanding the pious care of his Parents and tender advice of his Friends 
(who have visited him in a Spirit of true Love in order to reclaim him from y many 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 321 

sumed the name of Rodes, and died, 1768, unmarried, and 
was succeeded by his nephew, Cornehus Heathcote, who Hke- 
wise assumed the name of Rodes, and died unmarried in 
1825, and was succeeded by his nephew, Cornehus Heathcote 
Reaston, who also assumed the name of Rodes. He married 
but left no heir, and died 1844, leaving the property to his 
nephew, William Hatfield Gossip, who also assumed the 
name de Rodes. He married, and Joseph R. Rhoads writes: 

"In Barlboro Churchyard I saw his beautiful monument, bearing this 
inscription — 

Sophy de Rodes 

1869 

Hatfield de Rodes 

1883 

The Lord watch between thee and me 

When we are absent one from the other. 

"They left as heiress one daughter, who has since married Mr. God- 
frey Locker-Lampson, and they own and live in Barlborough Hall." 

Sir John Rodes, the first Quaker baronet, published at his 
own expense the first edition of William Penn's "Fruits of a 
Father's Love," being advice for his children. Sir John 
wrote the preface over the signature ' 'J. R. ' ' 

Marriage Records: Notts. 

Selston— Wm. Roads and Margaret Hynde. 23 June, 1634. 

Hawton, Notts.— Joseph Rhoades, rector of Hawton, and Ellenor 
Shipman, 27 May, 1641. 

Joseph Rhoades, rector of Hawton, and Alice Page. 17 Sept., 1644. 

Bingham, Notts. — John Roades and Elizabeth Bonney. 22 Apr., 1665. 

John Roades and Martha Templeton, 17 Nov., 1677. 

Scarrington, Notts. — Rd. Rhodes, of Stote Ole, and Jane Armstrong, 
18 Oct., 1636. 

' 'Sir John Rodes, 4th baronet, entailed his estate, Barl- 

Lusts he pursued contrary to y rules of our Christian Society of which he was a 
member), which he has not regarded, therefore, this meeting appointed two 
Friends to speals to him who brought the following repoit: That lie said he had left 
us, implying our Society, and we need not give ourselves any more trouble on his 
account. Therefore we enter these as a Testimony against him, denying his being 
of our Community, unless be conies to true Godly sorrow for his transgression, 
which he make appear by a change of Life & Conversation, then we shall rejoice to 
receive him into unity and fellowship with us."— From Edw. Watkins. 



322 



7 HE MAULSBY FAMILY 



borough, on the grandson of John of Sturton, in case of 
failure of the male line by his sister, Frances Heathcote. 

It seems probable that he was next of kin, and that Peter, 
"a divine," had left no heirs. 

According to pedigree the family of John of Sturton were 
as follows: 



John of Sturton^ 
4th son. 



-Eliz., dau. of Simon Jessup, or Jason, of Edeal, co.Staf- 

ford. 



Anne. Charles, 3d son. Lived in 
Virginia. Lately mar- 
ried, 1695. 



-Harleian, Vol. 38, 585, 6, 7. 



I I 

John of Francis 2d son twice 
Cornhill, married in Mary- 

London land now (1698) 

Mary Tighe, in England, 
living 1695; 
William, aged 
6, Feb., 1694-5. 

It had been supposed that this John and Elizabeth were the emigrants 
to Philadelphia, but this theory now has few supporters. 

According to Thoroton, Sturton was not owned by the family in 1698, 
and of John he makes no mention. Clifton still had "some interest" in 
the property. 

There seems no reason to think that this family were Friends. 

Unfortunately the English researches have not been completed (Jan. 
1, 1909), and the following pedigrees are added in hopes that they may 
aid future genealogists to establish the ancestry of John Roads of 
Ripley. 

Male Descendants of Francis Rodes 



Francis Rodes= 
of Staveley, Wood- 
thorpe, andBarlbor- 
ough, CO. Derby. 



Mary, daughter of Fran- 
cis Charleton, of Ap- 
ley, CO. Salop, esq. 



Elizabeth, daughter- 
of Brian or (Her- 
cy) Sanford, of 
Thorp Salvin, co. 
York, esq. 



sir John, 
1st son, 
b. 1562, 
of Barl- 
borough 
(See be- 
low. ) 



Sir Peter Rodes probably died early, as Hickleton passes out of the family 
before 1603. A Peter Rodes marries Margerie Hallam, 26 Nov., 1594, at St. Peter's, 
Nottingham. 

t This date is evidently wrong, possibly it should be 1567. 

X Robert Rodes marries Jone Hall, 2 September, 1589, at.St. Peter's, Nottingham. 



Sir Peter* 


Francist 


1 
Sir Godfrey 


1 1 
Robertt Francis 


1 
Francis 


2d son of 


3d son. 


4th son of 




dead. 


Hickle- 


b. 1557 


Gt. Hough- 






ton ' 'by 


[?] liv- 


ton Bill- 






gift of 


ing 1587 


ingley,etc. 






his fath- 


m. wid- 


CO. York. 






er. " 


ow Cou- 

tes. 


Died about 
1634. 







THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 



323 



Francis Rodes was elected Sergeant at Law, Term Hiller, 20 Eliz. 
(1578) ; Sergeant at Law to the Queen, 21 Aug., 24 Eliz. (1582) ; Justice of 
Common Pleas, 29 Eliz. (1585), and took part in the trial of Mary, 
Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay, October, 1589. He died January 7, 31st 
Elizabeth (1589). Buried at Staveley. See pedigree. 

Lyson's Magna Britannica— Derbyshire, says: "The ancestors of 
Judge Rodes had been originally of Lincolnshire, afterward of Yorkshire, 
and had then settled at Staveley Woodthorpe in the county Derbyshire 
for five generations in consequence of a marriage with the heiress of 
Cachehors. " 

Francis Rodes -- 



Sir John of Barlborough =^Frances (3d wife), 3d daughter of Mar- 



High Sheriff of Derbyshire, 
36 Eliz. (1594). Knighted at 
the Tower, 15 Marco, 1603. 
Living temp, visitation 1611 
et 1634. Died Sept., 1639. 



maduke Constable, of Holderness, co. 
York, relict of Henry Cheeke. 



Sir Francis= 


^Eliz.Lascelles" 


Henry 




Georget 


Mallory 


Istbaronet 


of Sturton, 


unmarried 


buried at 


obt. unmar- 


Knighted- 


aged 19; m. 


anno 


1634. 


Barlboro, 


ried at Barl- 


at White- 


1614. Died 






27 Dec, 


boro, 19 


hall,9Aug 


Dec. 6, 






1665. 


Dec, 1666. 


1641. Cre- 


1666; bur- 










ated bar- 


ied at Barl- 










onet, 14th 


borough. 










same mo. 












Died 8th 












Feb., 1645. 












r 

Sir Francis=^ 


-Anne 


1 
Peter, 




Clifton, 


1 
John of Stur- 


2d baronet 


3 dau. of 


a divine; 


a son, John, 


ton, see 


Died 3 


Sir Ger- 


slain 


at 


b. May 4, 


pedigree. 


May, 1651. 


vase Clif- 


Winfield. 


1662. He was 






ton. 






cast away$ 
at sea as is 
supposed 
ann 





Sir Francis =^ Martha, dau. of 
3d baronet, William Thorn- 
aetat. 14 annos, ton, of Gran- 
temp, visitation, tham, CO. Lin- 
16 March, 1662. coin, gent, liv- 
High Sheriff of ing 1695. 
Notts., 1671. 
Died 14 March, 
1675, aged 28 
years. 

Sir John, of Barlborough Hall, 

4 Bart, aetat. 25 years, 28th July, 1695. Will dated 13 March, 1731. 
Died, unmarried, 1745. (First Quaker baronet. ) Buried at Hansworth 
Woodhouse. 

~ Marripd a second time, Allan Lockhart, a Scotsman. 

t The Fentrich parish records seem to refer to this family. 

I Burke doubts this assertion, and thinks it probably refers to John of Harburg. 



324 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Sir John Rodes disinherited his eldest son, John of Harburg, co. 
York (he was blind), whose descendants founded the Devonshire branch 
of the family. See Burke or Harleian pedigrees. 

John Roads oj Ripley 

The Friends' records of Derbyshire refer to Sir John 
(Roades) Rodes and to John Roads, or Roades, of Ripley. 
They seem to have belonged to the same family, Sir John 
being referred to as John Rodes, Jr. ; but so far the records 
have not helped us to solve our problem. Who was John 
Roads of Ripley? 

Sufferings of Friends 

1670. During the months of July and August for attending meetings 
at Tupton* and Pisley in Derbyshire and at the house of of Thomas Fawkes, 
John Rhodes had £20 taken from him.-Besse. 

And the Derbyshire Book of Sufferings gives, 1670: John Roads was 
fined £20, 10s, Od, and had taken from him cows, swine, shoes, leather, 
corn, hay, household goods, to a dish and spoon and working gear: all 
which did amount to the value of £20, Os, Od. 

As this was done "by warrant of John Lowe, called Justice," who 
lived at Derby five miles from Fritchley and three miles from Ripley, it is 
evident John was now living in the neighborhood of Ripley. 

1680. Also for being at a meeting at Tupton, John Grattont and John 
Rhodes were each fined 20 1 and had goods distrained to the value of 40 1. 
— Besse. 

For Tithes. — 1688. In corn and other goods taken from Lady Rhodes, t 
£27, 15s, Od. 

1689. From Lady Rhodes, £22, 00s, OOd. -Besse. 

John Gratton, the fellow sufferer of John Rhodes, has told in his 
journal how for "preaching the everlasting gospel, his only crime," all 
he had was to be taken from him, and how tender Friends and his towns- 
people were for him, and that even the constable sent to "strain" his 
goods was greatly troubled by what was required of him. That he finally 
took a list of the goods and did not move them, and proclaimed them for 
sale "in the market-place and the steeple-house, " but that not one person 
came to buy! 

* Tupton was four miles from Chesterfield. There was an early meetiug-house 
here. Before the building of Chesterfield meeting-house, in 1697, meetings at Ches- 
terfield were held at the "Ould Hall," a Friends' house, or at Tupton, and either at 
Tupton or the "Ould Hall" William and Mary RhoadsMaltby were married. 

tSee Journal of John Gratton. 

J Widow of Sir Francis Rodes. Sir John, their son, came of age in 1691. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 325 

John Roades was probably also a minister, as he was likewise fined 
£20, and the meeting does not seem to have been at his house, but at that 
of Thomas Fawkes. 

He was not a rich man, and $100 probably covered most of his mov- 
able property, everything to a "dish and a spoon." But it did not deter 
him from preaching, and the second time he was fined $100, and goods taken 
to that amount. 

1693. "John Roads of Ballbrough hall had Corne and hay taken from 
him for tythe to the value of 06-16-00 by Phinniess Mace priest of ball- 
brough. ' ' 

"John Roads of Ripley had corne taken from him for tythe by Richard 
Ryley and John Eare to the value of 00-16-00." 

Book of Sufferings of Friends (beginning 1661) of Derbyshire, now at 
Fritchley. Kindness of Gilbert Cope. 

"These entries are on the same page, and show that the spelling of the 
name was supposed to be the same. 

In 1698 the entry occurs "John Roades, of Barlborough Hall," and 
after it "John Rodes of Barlborough Hall." 

Ripley was in the parish of Pentrich, * and the examination of the parish 
records gives only two names of the Roades family: 

"A. D. 1656, Dec. 21, Elizabeth, dau. of George Rodes, baptized. 
Borne 8 Dec^ 

"1662, May 15, Jeremiah, the sonne of George Rhodes, Junr., baptized. 

These are certified by Wm. J. Ledward, Vicar of Pentrich. 

"In a list of Recusants in Derbyshire are: Roades, Jn., South Wing- 
fieldt, 2 James [1605]; Joha ux. Geo. 35 Elizabeth [1593]. Derbyshire 
Archaeological, Vol. X, Jul., 1888. -From Edw. Watkins. 

George Rodes was son of the first Sir John by his second wife Frances, 
3d dau. of Marmaduke Constable. He was buried at Barlborough, 27 Dec, 
1665, and from the above seems to have left descendants. Possibly we 
are descendants of him. 

Dissenters' Records 

1698. "Dissenters bury in churches and churchyards, but do not bap- 
tize in churches. Many registers are kept by late act of Parliament and 
some few by no act or method at all — this is to be found in one place and 
that in another. "—Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, and Edward Watkins 
writes: "I doubt if there were public registration offices then, apart from 
the Church of England. In 1695 all births, marriages and deaths were 
taxed on a scale of degrees in rank — till then there was much looseness 
in records, especially of Non-conformists not Friends." 

According to this it would be very difficult and perhaps impossible to 
find the connecting link between John of Ripley and the Barlborough 

*'Pentrlch is two miles from Ripley. 
tSouth Wlngfleld Is two miles from Ripley. 



326 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

family, especially if they were already non-conformists before becoming 
Friends, and the preceeding records seem to indicate that this was so. 

1652. "In the year 1652, during the Commonwealth, the ceremony 
of marriage was performed by the justices of the peace. — An Historical 
Descriptive View of Derbyshire, by Rev. D. P. Davis. These records 
were probably destroyed at the Revolution, just as in many places the 
Commonwealth soldiers made bonfires of the Church records, etc. — E. 
Watkins. 

Sturton, Streton, Estreton 

King Henry VIII, by letters patent dated 1st May, 32 H 8, granted to 
George Lascelles, esquire, and his heirs the manor of Sturton and appurte- 
nances, and all mess., lands, etc., in Sturton, Wiseton (Hall 318), Whiteley 
and Littlebrough, which were late Thomas Darcies, Knt. (Lord Darcy 
attainted). His grandchild. Sir George Lascelles, Knt., was of great years 
but left only a daughter and heir married to Sir'Francis Rodes, whose son 
and heir married Anne, one of the daughters of Sir Gervas Clifton, 
mother of the present Sir Francis Rodes, baronet, and another of his sons 
named Clifton Rodes, who hath some interest in this place, married 
Lettice, another daughter of Sir Gervas Clifton, but had no issue by her; 
he since married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Scrimshire of Cotgrave. 
— Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, Vol. Ill, p. 298. 

It does not seem likely that John of Sturton could have had so many 
other children that were overlooked by the genealogist, or that John 
himself had emigrated to America without some mention being made of 
the fact, as was made of the emigration of his sons. 

Then the family of John of Ripley were about of an age with those 
of John of Sturton. These are some of the reasons that make us think they 
were not one and the same. We then must search further back in the 
pedigree for the ancestry of John of Ripley. 

Possibly we may find it in the next generation, and that it may be 
from Henry or George, buried at Barlboro, 27 Dec, 1665. Or in the pre- 
vious generation, and from one of the three younger sons of Francis, the 
Judge — Peter, Robert, or Francis. 

Friends' Records 
The following are sent by Edward Watkins, of Fritchley: 
"Derbyshire Friends' Quarterly Meeting Book begins 
1672. In it are various mentions of John Roads, or Roades, on 
appointments to visit such as were somewhat remiss or dis- 
orderly, in 1674, 1675, and 1678: so evidently he was a Friend 
of some standing and good concern. ' ' 

' 'John Roads's name does not occur in the English meeting 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 327 

records in 1683-84-85-86, but ''on the 3d day of 7th month, 
1687," he signs the following paper: 

"Hour friend phillip Taylor and Sarah Clarke at our Monthly Meet- 
ing at Breach House have declared their intentions of Marriage And soo 
farr as we know they are clear of all others And wee finding nohing 
against wee have unity with them both in that weighty matter of Mar- 
riage, from our hands at our Monthly Meeting. 

John:Roades WilhWooUey 

Thomas :Whittbee MartharSarson 

Luke:Hank* Elizabeth :Roades 

William :Day Mary:Slack 

Thomas ff arnsworth 

On the '9th of 12th mo., 168^' occur the names of John Roads and 
Mary Roadst on a similar minute from Breach Monthly Meeting. 

"In 1688-9 he was paid 25 shillings towards expenses of going to 
London (as meeting representative), so perhaps he was not quite so well 
to do at that time. 

"On the 12th of 1st mo., 169", occur the names on a similar certificate, 
of clearness for William Dawes of Greasley, and Elizabeth England of 
Eastwood, from Breach house, of John Roads (who again heads the list) 
and Elizabeth Roads, probably his wife. If so this is the last mention we 
have of Elizabeth Roads. 

"On the 30th of 4 mo., 1692, a minute runs: 'This day Edward Dawes 
of Grayley (Gresley or Greasley) and Elizabeth Roades* of Estwood 
(Eastwood) both in the county of Nottingham hath declared their inten- 
tions of marriage before us and having handed a certificate from the 
Monthly Meeting unto which they belonged and relations consent there- 
unto on both sides we leave them to proceed as they hath full freedom.'* 
[Probably living with her sister Mary Maltby at Eastwood.] 

"*Luke Hank ( the ancestor of Abraham Lincoln ) was a weaver. Luke was the 
father or brother of John Hank, the emigrant to America. 

The Friends of the 17th century were largely yeomen, outside of the large cities. 
A number in Derbyshire were hand-loom weavers; power looms were not yet in- 
vented. Weaving was done in a small way, with at most but from 4-6 looms in a room. 
When cotton spinning machinery was first invented, steam power had not come into 
use and the first machinery was worked by water-power. About seven miles from 
Ripley (four rhiles from Fritchley), at Cromford. .\rkwrlght built the first cotton 
mill in the world, in 1770, on the river Derwent. Before 1770, all cotton and other 
yarn was spun by hand, and weaving done on looms worked by hands or feet, and 
no factories of any kind existed.— Edward Watkins. 

In America, hand-looms were in use as late as 1830-40. Cassinet was made fV)r 
the men's clothing and linsey-woolsey for the women's; tlie former was sent to the 
fulling mill and "fulled," the latter was home-tinished. It was often striped. Both 
were half cotton, half wool. 

t Afterward Mary Maltby. 



328 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

"1693 occurs a signature, 'John Roads, junior. ' This may be Sir John 
Rodes of Barlborough Hall, who came of age in 1691, and was put on 
appointments in the Quarterly Meeting in 1691 and 1719. 

"On 10, 1 mo., 1697, from our monthly meeting at Breach occur the 
names of Abraham Dawes, Edward Dawes, John Roads, and William 
Molltbey.* 

"This is the last mention of the family in the records of Derbyshire 
Quarterly Meeting, or in any English Friend's records, and as neither his 
name nor that of any other Roads occurs in the Breach (Ripley) monthly 
meeting book, which begins in 1700 (excepting those relating to Sir John 
Rodes), I take it for certain that the whole family had left the neighbor- 
hood by 1700, and John Roads between 1697 and 1700. John Gratton says 
in his journal that 'about or soon after 1695 many Friends went from 
Derbyshire to America. ' 

"At one time I thought the fines and amount seized from John 
Roads in 1670 was evidence that he had taken a position at Barlboro' 
Hall as steward for his nephew, who came of age in 1691, and that the 
record in Friends' book of sufferings was simply, as was often the case, a 
year or two out of date. But closer examination precludes this being a seiz- 
ure for tithes. In the firstplace the record distinctly states: 'John Roads 
was fined £20, 10s, Od. ' It would not say 'fined' if it was a 'seizure 
for tithes. ' This is explained by a quotation in the life of John Gratton 
as follows: "The next First day I went again, and the meeting (it was 
not a Friends' meeting) fell in course to be at an Elder's house, one 
Humphrey Chapman, at which time a very wicked Act was put in force 
against religious meetings that were in other manner than according to 
the liturgy or practice of the Church of England, where above the num- 
ber of five besides the 'family were assembled, and the fine was £20 the 
house and £20 the preacher, and five shillings a hearer. ' From this it 
seems John Roades was fined £20 for the meeting being on his premises 
(or for being a preacher), and five shillings each for himself and wife as 
hearers." 

"On the Barlboro' estate the seizures for the years 1688, 89, 92, were 
/27, 15s, Od, ^22, Os, Od, and £22, 10s, Od. 

*"The Maltbys, Friends, lived at Eastwood, Just over tlie stream tiiat divides 
Notts, and Derbyshire, on the Notts, side, but being within two miles of Heanor, 
Derbyshire, was attached to it as part of Breach Monthly Meeting, which was held 
alternately at Breach (near Ripley), Sawley (near Long Eaton), Little Chester (now 
part of Derbytown;, Eastwood, 'and Heanor. There were several Maltbys, William, 
Richard, and I think Daniel." 

"William Maltby is distinctly mentioned in 1694 as of Eastwood, in the Derby- 
shire book of sufferings, but a removal of a few miles would take him into Chester- 
field Monthly Meeting. Eastwood we look on as the Maltby headquarters."— E. 
Watklns. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 329 

"Ripley is about twenty miles from Barlboro; Chesterfield* is a little 
to the west of a line between them, but is much nearer to Barlboro. It 
is thirty- two miles to Sturton and thirty to Litchfield." 

Amongst proof of John of Ripley and John of Sturton being the same 
person, Edward Watkins gives: 

"Both John Roads of Ripley [not Sturton] and the Rodes family of 
Barlboro were Friends more or less contemporaneously, quite so from 
1688 on. Their names spelt the same in Friends meeting books and both 
families belonging to Derbyshire. 

"The first Friend that we know of at Barlboro Hall is Lady Martha 
Rodes in 1688, when seizure for tithes was made there for the first recorded 
time. For such a woman, that is for a woman in such a position, to become a 
Friend would be most likely to require some strong family influence or sup- 
port such as an uncle might give, she being left without husband or grown 
up children." (Her son was eighteen at that time.) [John of Sturton was 
her uncle by marriage and this reference is to him. But Edw. Watkins, 
while still believing it possible that John of Sturton and John of Ripley 
are the same, has almost abandoned this idea.] 

The above is taken from manuscript sent by Edward 
Watkins of Fritchley, near Ripley, Derbyshire, England, 

Also much of the following material relative to that sec- 
tion of England is from his letters to myself, and others to 
Jos. R. and Samuel N. Rhoads of Philadelphia, to whom I am 
indebted for it. 

It has been believed by some American genealogists that 
John of Sturton and John of Ripley were the same person, but 
later facts seem to make it improbable. It is hoped that the 
question of the identity of John of Ripley will soon be solved, 
and if not in time for our book the full evidence will be found 
in Barlboro' Chronicles, by Joseph R. Rhoads, of Philadelphia, 
who is only waiting for this information to publish his valu- 
able history of the Rhoads family. [Adam's descendants.] 

Emigration to America 

Many of the Derbyshire Friends emigrated to America 
at an early date. 

John Blunston, who came over in 1682, was perhaps the 

* Three of the original stonewalls of the Chesterfield meeting house are still 
standing. Unfortunately the old building has been disfigured by the brick front 
built in 1800. 



330 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

pioneer and founder of the Darby colony near Philadelphia. 
They seem to have been rather a notable little community. 

John Blunston* brought with him the foUowiug certificate: 
"This is to certify to whom it may concern that John Blunston of 
Little Hallam in the County of Darby hath it in his mind to transport 
himself into Pennsylvania in America; that ye said John Blunston hath 
walked orderly & so far forth, as wee know is Cleare upon all accounts. 
"Att Breath-houset ye 13th of ye 5th month 1682 by us whose names 
are hereunder written. 

John RoadsJ Joseph Potter Richard Seaford 

Edmund Cartledge Will Day Adam Roades 

Thomas Whittbe William Wooly Samuel Fox 

Joshua Fearne Michael Blunston" 

From this certificate it seems that the Friends signed each other's 
certificates and emigrated in a body to America, at least that is true in 
this case: a number of those signing his certificate emigrated with him 
to Darby, and possibly John Roads was one of these. 

Among the early settlers there were Adam and John 
Roades, Jr., sons of John Roades of Ripley. At the house of 
John Blunston, the Friends' Meeting was established in Darby 
in 1682. Catherine (Catty), daughter of John Blunston, be- 
came the wife of Adam Roades. John Blunston was min- 
ister, attorney, member of the Provincial Assembly for thir- 
teen years (until 1699, he declines to serve longer) , of which 
he was several times Speaker, member of the Council, and 
appointed by William Penn as one of the Council of State. 

There were also Joshua Fearne, Justice, Clerk of Court 
and Sheriff, and Josiah Fearne (at the marriage of whom to 
Sarah, daughter of John Blunston, Letitia, daughter of Wil- 
liam Penn, was present and signed the marriage certificate), 
John Bartram, the grand father of the botanist, Edmund 

*John Blunston was a "frame-work" knitter. 

tWhltelee, White Lee, Whitley, or Whitt Loe, was the local name of the Monthly 
Meeting held a* Breach, or "att Breath-bouse," as some of the Darby certificates of re- 
moval to America say. The old c was written like a short t, hence this is probably 
a mistake. 

In 1693 "Whitelee Mo. Mtg. derives assistance from Friends (Q,. M.) throughout 
this county for building and repairing their Meeting house at Breach." After 1700 
the Mo. Mtg. is regularly called Breach and the name Whittlee is dropped. Before 
1700 it is occasionally called Breach. Breach or Whitlee is near Wingreaves.— E. 
Waikins. 

t Again in this case John Roads signs first. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 331 

Cartledge, from the "Ridings,"* William Wood, and others. 

In a lettter from England, in 1684-5, William Penn writes 
— ''Salute me to William Wood, John Blunston, Griffith 
Jones," and others. 

There was probably an earlier emigration of Friends 
from Derbyshire to New Jersey, where the meeting of Ches- 
terfield was established as early as 1677, and a meeting house 
built in 1680. 

Lady Rodes, mother of Sir John Rodes, the last baronet, had a 
grant of 872yV'o acres in Downes Township, Cumberland Co., New Jersey, 
no doubt an original grant. It was re-surveyed to Samuel Baker in 1718 
by J. A. Penn, granted with Gawen Laurie, etc. This land was orig- 
inally part of Fenwick's grant. 

This was in southern New Jersey, a part of East Jersey. Chester- 
field Meeting, however, was further north, near Bordentown, 

Whether John Roadest or Roads, of Ripley, emigrated at 
this time (1682), or not, we cannot say, but the Colonial and 
Friends' Records seem to point that way. Possibly he was 
here as agent for Lady Rodes and had not yet decided to emi- 
grate permanently. 

As early as 5th month, 1683, he is a member of the Council. 

At a Councill held at Philadelphia y- 4"' of y^ 5th mo., 1683, William 
Penn, Prop"^. and Gov"^ present. 

John Roads Present, and John Roads, Robt. Brassy and Alexander 
Draper of Sussex are appointed commissioners to adjudge the value of 
improvements on and settle a land dispute in that county at "prime hooke. " 

At a Councill held at Philadelphia y« 7th of y'' 7th mo., 1683. Present 
Wm. Penn, Prop"^ and Gov^ Present John Roads. 

On y'' 8'** of y'' 7"' mo., 1683, John Roads is one of four appointed by 

* Now Riddings, without the Ihe. 

tAboutthe same time Richard Rhoads buys considerabie land in Philadelphia, 
from 1699-1704. He was probablj^ a near relation, or possibly a more distant one, de- 
scendant from Richard, the brother of Francis the Judge. 

Richard Rhoads seems afterwards to have settled In Baltimore, as there is a 
record of liis will there, 27 Feb., 1767. In his will he mentions wife Sarah, and children 
John, Thomas, Sarah, Martha, Richard, Alexander McComas, Acquilla, William, 
Priscilla, and deeds them various parcels of land, amongst which are John's Forest, 
Poor Man's Purchase, Rhoads' Last Shift, and Rhoads' Necessity. 

There are also the names of Wm. Rhoades, Henry, Richard, Anthony, and 
John on the record of laud purchases. 

This family does not seem to have been Friends, as there are no records relat- 
ing to them amongst the Friends' records. One of the witnesses to the will of Richard 
Rhoads was a Friend. 



382 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Wm. Penn to bring in a "Bill concerning horses goeing out and coming 
into this Province." 

The above bills were "read the 3d time & past without Disent. " 

At a Meeting of the Councill in ye Councill Roome at Philadelphia, ye 
12th of y" 7th mo., 1683. Present, Wm. Penn, Prop^ and Gov^ 

John Roads is present as a member from Sussex. 

He presents a bill. — 

"John Roades Dr. 781 lbs. Tob. Cr. 445 lb. Tob. due to ball. 334 lb. 
Tobaco. " 

Elizabeth Roads' bill is also approved for 100 lbs. porke. 

At the meeting of the Councill, at Philadelphia y"" ll^" y^ 3'^ mo. 1685, 
the death of King Charles the Second is announced, and "y"' Proclaiming 
of James, Duke of York and Albany, James the second of England, Scot- 
land, france and Ireland, King," is discussed— and "John Roads was this 
day attested to keep Secret y" Debates of Councill." 

Y'' 14th 3d mo., 1686: — John Roades present. A petition was pre- 
sented and it was — 

"Ordered a Lycence be made for John Roades to keep ordinary in 
Sussex Co. 

On y'^ 2">J y''12mo., 1686— "John Roades being Sick Requested leave of 
this board to withdraw which was granted." 

Y"" 16th of y^ 3 mo. , 1687. Ordrd That a commission be made for John 
Roads to be Ranger of Sussex Co. This is the last mention made of him 
found in the Colonial Records. He was last present in the "Council y*' 
12th of 3d mo., 1687. Post Meridiem." 

During 1683-85-86-87 John Roades was a member of the 
Governor's "Councill," and in 1684 was a member of the As- 
sembly, and the names John Roads or Roades, and Elizabeth 
Roades, seem to indicate that John Roads and wife, of Ripley, 
were in America at this time, possibly buying land first in 
Sussex,* where they could scarcely have lived, as John seems 
to have been in Philadelphia most of the time, both at morn- 
ing and afternoon sessions of the Council. 

Possibly after these years John Roades returned to Eng- 
land to bring with him the remaining members of his family 
to America. Possibly Elizabeth died in America, as there is 
no record of her death in England. 

During this time there is no mention of John Roades in 

*"John Roads, or Roades', name does not occur on the land recordsof Sussex. "— 
Henry Houck, Sec. of Internal Affairs, Harrlsburg,Pa.(who has charge of the Provin- 
ciai Land Records). 



IHE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 833 

the Friends' records in England. In 1687 he is again in Eng- 
land. 

The following are deeds of property* to or from John 
Roades the elder. 

1687. Samuel N. Rhoads, of Haddonfield, N. J., is the 
owner of the six following papers: — 

1. Deed (original vellum) from "Thomas Whittbee of Sawley.J co. 
Derby, cloth duster, to John Rhoades of Windgreavesf in the Parish of 
Pentridge, Derby, Cordwainer" [leather-dresser, tanner, or shoemaker] 
for 500 acres to be surveyed in Pennsylvania. Whittbie got it of Wm. 
Penn and sold it to John Rhoads for ^26. Deed dated July 23, 1687, in 
the 3d year of James the 2d King. Witnessed by John Hart, Benjamin 
Reckless, Edward Dawson, Samuel Fox. —Penna. Archives. Sec Ser. Xix, 
337. 

2. Receipt from William Penn for ^^10 for 500 acres to be surveyed 
in Pennsylvania, April 11, 1682, from Thomas Whitby of Sanloe,| co. 
Derby, Cloth Dresser; Penn's autograph and seal; witnessed by Harb, 
Springett, Ben. Griffith, and Tho. Coxe. Small folio. 

3. Patent large folio from Wm. Penn to "Thomas Whitby of Sanloe" 
for above 500 acres of land, to be surveyed. Signed by Wm. Penn (seal 
broken). Engraved copperplate dated Apr. 11, 1682. 

4. Lease for a year (folio engraved), William Penn to Thomas Whitby 
of Sanloe, cloth worker, April 10, 1682. Fine signatures and seal of Penn 
for same 500 acres. 

5. Deed of "John Blunston, of Darby, Chester Co. yeoman," as at- 
torney for Thomas Whitby of Sawley of Darby, England, clothworker, to 
transfer 500 acres to "John Roades of Ripley in the said County of Darby 
and Kingdom of England, shoemaker, ' ' dated 21st day of the first month 
called March, 1696. 

Signed by John Blunston (seal an anchor— that of Phila.), also by 
John Childe, co. clerk of Chester, and John Simcocke, witnesses. Large 
wax County seal (folio). 

6. Deed. "John Rhoades of the County of Philadelphia, yeoman, to 
John Kinsey, carpenter," a long narrow lot on Market St. Rhoads bought 
this of Margaret Jenner, relict and administratrix of Robert Longshore. 
Dated 3, 30, 1700. Autograph of John Roades (sic). 

*Penn had agreed with the early settlers that every puchaser of 500 acres be al- 
lowed 10 acres in the city, if "the place will allow" of that proportion. 

Penn's price was 40 shillings sterling per 100 acres. 

tWlnegreaves, Windgreaves. Wingreeys, as in our American records. Wain- 
griff, Windgriff, Waingriffln, or Waingrove, of older records is the same as the pres- 
ent Waingroves, and is a hamlet in the parish of Ripley, two miles from the town 
of Ripley, Derbyshire.— B. Watklns. 

X Sawlee. 



334 JHE MAULSBY FAMILY 

Book Exemplification record; Vol. 7, p. 521-522. 

Confirmation deed from Margaret Jenner, of Philadelphia, formerly 
wife of Robt. Longshore, to John Roades, of sale to him of lot on Market 
St., north side, adjoining George Harmar's & Samuel Nichols' lots (no 
exact site given) , 26 x 306 ft. Part of the Jeremy Powell tract of 5000 
acres, first patented in 1692. This lot was paid for by Roades by deposit 
of £13, during Longshore's life, but no papers recorded for its transfer 
previously to this date.— Jan. 29, 1699. Recorded 3 mo. 31, 1700, before 
David Lloyd. 

Copied from record book E. S. Vol. 5, p. 366. [She signed with her 
mark, M.] 

August 10, 1689, John Roads bought of Edward Farmer of Philadel- 
phia (Whitemarsh), one hundred and seventy-five acres. —Phila. Deed 
Bk. H, XVII, 415. 

In deed dated 26 August, 1698 (recorded in Chester Co.), John Roads 
conveys to Edmund Cartledge of Darby, 100 acres, part of the tract 
bought from Whitbee. 

In this deed he is called "John Roades the elder of Philadelphia." 
So at this time John Roades was living in Philadelphia. 

From this it seems that John Roads, with his son-in-law Wm. Maltby, 
preceded the family to America, both buying homes about the same 
time in Philadelphia. 

The date of Mary Roades Maltby's coming is fixed by the birth of her 
son on shipboard (see page 39) . She was probably accompanied by others 
of the family. 

And on the 

' 'Eigth day of the ffirst month, ' ' ' '1700 or 1699, ' ' John Roades of Darby 
cordwainer bought of Jacob Simcocks and Rebecca Haws 108J8 acres of 
land in Marple township, Chester Co., Pa., for One Hundred and ffifteen 
pounds currant sillver money." (This deed is owned by Joseph Rhoads, 
12 N. Third St., Philadelphia.) 

This property he left to his younger son, who established a tannery 
there, and it was still owned by his descendants up to within a few years, 
when it was sold to the State. 

The will of John Roades, of Winegreaves, is copied from 
one enclosed with the original letter of administration granted 
to his son Joseph, and now held among the title deeds to his 
property by Joseph Rhoads,* of Marple, Delaware County. 

* Now deceased. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 335 

The Will of John Roades, of Winegreaves, Derbyshire, England, and 

Afterwards of Darby, County of Chester and Province 

of Pennsylvania. 

In the Name of God Amen, this Twentyeth day of the Eighth month 
in the yeare of our Lord Christ according to the EngHsh account One 
Thousand Seven hundred and One, I John Roades of Darby in the county 
of Chester & Province of Pennsylvania, Cordwainer, being of sound mind 
& perfect memory Prayses to Almighty God for the same, Doe make and 
Ordain this my present Testament containing herein my last Will In 
Manner following that is to say— 

First I committ my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Maker 
and Redeemer & my body to be buried in such decent place and manner as to 
my friends and Executors hereafter named shall seem convenient and for 
That Estate which I have in this World Reall and personell I give as fol- 
loweth viz. I will that all such Debts as I owe of right to any person or 
persons be truly paid by my Executors hereafter named without Lett or 
contradice and after my debts payd, & funeral Expenses Discharged the 
remainder of my Estate reall and personall I give as followeth. 

Imp. I give and bequeath unto my youngest son Joseph Rhoads all 
my land and plantation with Buildings and all manner the appurtenances 
to the same belonging all of which I bought of Rebeckah Hany & Joseph 
Simcock lieing in Marple Township in the County of Chester I give & 
bequeath unto my son Joseph Roades and to his heirs and assigns forever. 
Also I give & bequeath unto my sd son Joseph Roades the bed and furni- 
ture which I now lye upon it being intended for him by his Mother and 
also some Table napkins and one pewter Dish and one plate one porringer 
and one Spoone. 

Item I give and bequeath unto my son Jacob Roades twenty pounds, 
also one Bed and furniture which his Mother left him and also some Table 
napkins. Iteyn I give unto my son John Roades Tenn shillings over and 
above what I gave him in the land at White March. Item I give unto 
my son Adam Rhoades my Bay Mare which I used to Ride upon Item I 
will that my servant by covenant Charles Robinson shall serve the re- 
mainder of his time by covenant to me with my son Joseph Rhoads or his 
assigns and I will that att the end of his said time of covenant service 
my said son Joseph Roades or his assigns shall give to the said Charles 
as by my will the Sume of Twenty Shillings Item I will that after my 
Debts payd funerall expenses and Legacies Discharged the remainder of 
my Estate I will shall be equally Divided betwixt my sons Adam Roades, 
Jacob Roades & Joseph Roades and my two daughters Mary Maltby 
and Elizabeth Daws equally amongst them five And I make and or- 
dain my sons Adam Roades and Joseph Roades my Executors of this 
my last Will aud Testament and I utterly revoke & annull all former 



336 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Wills Legacies and Bequests etc whatsoever by me heretofore named 
Willed or Bequeathed. 

John Roades. 
Subscribed as above ye 20th. 8th. mo. 1701. 
These being witnesses 

JosiAH Gratton 
John Hood. 

John Moore Gent. Registrar General for probate of Wills and Grant- 
ing Letters of Administration for the Province of Pennsylvania and Ter- 
ritory. By Virtue of a commission under the honorable William Penn 
Esq Proprietor and Governor thereof. 

To all to whom these presents shall come Know yee that at Philadel- 
phia in the said Province upon the day of the date hereof was proved ap- 
proved and insinuated the last Will and Testament of John Roades said 
deceased (annexed to these presents) Having whilst he lived and at the 
time of his decease Goods, rights and Creditts in divers places within the 
said Province and Territories By means whereof the full Disposition of 
all and Singular the goods rights and Credits of the said deceased and the 
granting the Administration thereof As also the hearing of accounts Cal- 
culation or reckoning of the Administration and the finall Discharge and 
Dismission from the same unto me belongeth and the Administration of 
all and Singular the Goods rights and Creditts of the said John Roades de- 
ceased and his last Will and Testament Concerning was granted unto 
Joseph Roades (Adam Roades his brother renouncing the said Trust) 
Executor therein named rightly, of well and truly administering the same 
and of making a true and perfect Inventory and conscionable appraise- 
ment of all and singular the Goods rights and Creditts of the said De- 
ceased and exhibiting the same into the Registrar General's Office at or 
before the 22nd. of February next ensueing and of rendering a true ac- 
count when thereunto required being solemnly attested. In testimony 
whereof I have caused the seal of my Office to be hereunto affixed this 
22nd. of November 1701. 

J. Moore Registrar General. 

Philadelphia Wills, D. 58-1701, B-151. 

In the will of John Rhoads his name is spelled in six 
different ways— Rhoades, Rhodes, Rhoads, Roads, Roades, and 
Rodes, 8 mo. 20, 1701, but this does not appear in the above 
copy. 

He died one week after the writing of his will, Eighth 
month 27th, 1701. 

As no mention is made of the daughters, Sarah and 
Hannah, it seems likely that they were not living, or that they 
had remained in England and had been provided for there. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY . 337 

Adam Roades declines to serve as executor in the fol- 
lowing paper which is filed with the original will in Philadel- 
phia. 

' ' Renuneration' ' 

Town derby 20 day of the 9 mo onadomony 1701. Whereas my father 
John Rhoades of late Desesed left mee Adam Rhoades excetter with my 
brother Joseph Rhoades, so for reasons I do deny to steand or farther to 
be consernd with it as witness my hand and seall 

Adam Roades. 
Michael Blunston [Seal] 

Edmund Cartlidg. 
This paper is much blurred and very difficult to read. 

Inventory 

Inventory of the Estate Goods Chattle and Debts of John Roads of 
Darby in the County of Chester and Province of Pensilvania Deceassed 
as the same was showed to the appraisers after named upon the 13th day 
of the Ninth month Anney Domino 1701 By Adam Roades and Joseph 
Roades executors of hys last Will and Testament which Bears date 
following 20th day of 8th Month Annoy Domino 1701. 

To his Parse and apparel 

In the hall one Table & Forme 

one chest and some old things in it 
one pair of money scales and weights 
Brass Pot & skimer 9 Pewter dishes 4 of them old 
Tenn plates and two old melted plates 
6 porringers, one quart one pint 1 half — 12 one gill 
one half gill one old Tankard one cuporke salt five 
spoons two old Chamber pottery 1 pill 
one old Chafeing Dish 
two pare of tongues one fire shovell 8 skewey, 1 egg 

spoone one frieing pann 2 candle sticks one spitt 
two smoothing Irons & Iron Kettlsone 
In the Parleur one Bed & furniture & bedstead 

one other chaff bed & Blankets 2 sheets one coverlid 
Ite one Table with a drawer & carpitt 
" 1 small trunk 
" one Looking glass 
" one Close Woole 
" one small box 

" one small parcell of Linen yarn 
" one paire of Bellows 



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In the Chamber one bedsted bed & blankitt one coverlid 
check bolster and pillow & pillow cases 
one Bagg large & one Barrel 

six cousshions 

In the Outshead one Bedstead bed and Furniture 
one old Chest and one old Lantherne 

In the yard — one cross cutt saw one hand saw 3 augors 
three Chissells one gouge 3 Iron wedges one Drawing 
knife one spoke shaue one grubing hark on spoke 
sh — Iron one Iron Crane, one broad axe one Hailing 
axe 3 Iron wedges some old Iron 2 00 6 

In the Stable 

2 payres of Oxon gears 

3 paires of harness 

one pair of hemp treas— 

two old — one spade 1 03 00 

In the Barn 

for Gates and Barley & one old — 5 06 00 

In the Field 

ne harrow, etc 1 00 00 
In the Sellar 

on churn 2 L 

1 dozen and >^ of glass bottles 

3 barrels 18 00 

In the shop In the work made up four payre of shoog and 17 00 

one payre of pumps 1 00 00 

2 dozen of Lasses & other tooles 1 00 00 
To upper leather 1 00 00 
To Sole leather 00 14 00 

Ite To three cows & three Calves 12 10 00 

" Tow Geldings, one mare & one Colt 16 00 00 

" 16 Sheep & three Hogs 11 10 00 

*' Plantation at Springfield and Wheat in the Barn 106 00 00 

" The Corne Sown on the Plantation Darby 10 00 

Things unseen and Forgott 3 00 00 



The Totall £222 01 00 

Due in his Shop Booke 13 09 01 



£235 10 01 



John Rhoads has been spoken of as an early settler in 
Whitemarsh. The 175 acres that he bought there in 1689 he 
conveyed to his son John (6 January, 1700) before his death. 
It does not seem probable that John Rhodes, Sr, , ever resided 
there. He was living at Darby at the time of his death. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 339 

JohnRodes or Roades of Ripley [Winegraves], Derbyshire England, 
and Elizabeth his wife had the following named children recorded m the 
books of the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting:— 

1. Adam, b. 6 mo, 30, 16604 

2. Mary, b, 11 mo. 30, 1662.1t 

3. John, b. 6 mo. 13, 1664.11 

4. Elizabeth, b. 11 mo. 7, 1667.1 

5. Jacob, b. 12 mo. 16. 1670.1 

6. Abraham, b. 10 mo. 11, 1672: d. 5 mo. 11, 1689, in England. 

7. Sarah, b. 3 mo. 5, 1675. (No further record.) 

8. Hannah, b. 12 mo. 15, 1677. (No further record.) 

9. Joseph, b. 2 mo. 5, 1680.1 

Elizabeth, the mother, had probably died in England. Surely she was 
not living at the time John Roades made his will. 

No certificate of removal has been found for John 
Roades, but those of his sons, Adam and John, are preserved 
at Darby, Pa. 

Adam Roades 

Certificate of Removal 

"Whereas Adam Rhoads y" sone of John Roads of Wingreave in y" 
County of Darbing having A mind to transporte himselfe into yo' Country 
wee certifie yt hee hath behaved himselfe as a loveing sober young man 
& to y« best of our knowledge is cleare of all woman. And friends have 
had love and unity with him and in this wee part with him still wishing 
his preservation and prosperity. ^ t^ u 4-u- 

"From our Monthly Meeting Whitt Lee in y" County of Derby this 
14th of y^ 5th mo. 1684." 

"Wee John Rhoads & Elizabeth doe give our Consent. 

Signed: 

Samuel Fox John Turner 

Wm Day Richard Botybe 

Wm Wooly Samuel Smeeton 

Thomas Farnsworth Martha Smeeton 

Philip Taylor Mary Whitcraft 

Adam Rhodes is assessed in Darby for land, £80. He 
came from Codnor in Derbyshire and married, 1691, at Darby 
Meeting Pa., Katharine, dau. of John Blunston. "He was a 
ffood citizen and attended diligently to his rehgious duties." 

Katharine Rhodes died, 1733. Adam Rhodes, b. 1660, 

died 1744-5. 

Children of Adam and Katharme Rhoads: 



340 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

1. John, b. 10 mo. 22, 1692; m., 1736, Elizabeth Bradshaw. 

2. Hannah, b. 10 mo. 10, 1694: m., 1719, John Thomas; d. 1760. 

3. Sarah, b. 7 mo. 14, 1696; m. John Nickerson; d. 1777. 

4. Elizabeth, b. 7 mo. 5, 1698; m., 1723, William Kirk; d. 1745. 

5. Joseph, b. 7 mo. 7, 1700, d. 1763. 

6. Adam, b. 12 mo. 10, 1703. 

7. Mary, b. 1 mo. 14, 1706. 

8. Samuel, b. 6 mo. 9, 1710, d. 1778; m., 1737, Margaret Thomas, and 
had descendants. Five succeeding generations follow : 

1. Adam and Sarah Rhoads. 

2. Joseph and Naomi Rhoads. 

3. James and Alice Rhoads. 

4. Joseph R. and Amanda Rhoads. Children: 

Alice Sellers, m. Henry G. Marston; and J. Howard Rhoads. 

Dr. John Rhoads, 24 years principal of Illinois State Insti- 
tution for the Blind; James Rhoads, A. M., professor of Belle 
Lettres and History at Philadelphia High School, and Joseph 
R. Rhoads, Esq., a prominent member of the Philadelphia Bar, 
are also of this family. 

Mary Roades 
Mary, b. 1662; m., 1639, William Maltby. See previous 
history. 

John Rhoads, Jr. 

John Rhoads, Jr., b. 1664, m., Oct. 28, 1692, Hannah 
Wilcox. He inherited lands in White Marsh from his father; 
d. 10th of Tenth mo. , 1733. They had numerous descendants, 
who intermarried with the Chandler, Conner, Franklin, Pem- 
berton, Pleasants, Howell, Symond, Fisher, and Drinker 
families. 

The Friends' record of the birth of the children of of John and Han- 
nah Roads has not been found, but in 1758 the following were living: 

1. Barnabas. 

2. John. 

3. Samuel. 

4. Rachel. 

5. Mary. 

Deed of Plymouth Meeting Property 
The first deed of the Plymouth meeting property was 
made out to trustees, in 1704, although it had previously 
been in use many years. Abraham Dawes and John Roads 
were two of the trustees named in the deed. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 341 

They were prominent Friends in the vicinity, and held the 
property in trust for the meeting, as was then and still is the 
custom. 

A second deed, Dec. 2, 1730, increasing the amount of 
land two acres, names the trustees Rees Williams and Abra- 
ham Dawes, Jr., of Whitemarsh. 

In 1838 two more acres are added in Plymouth township; 
the trustees named are the same, excepting Rees Williams, 
who was perhaps no longer living. 

On Jan. 14, 1758, all the trustees named in the first deed 
being dead, the then living heirs of John Rhoads were the 
grantors for the first tract of one acre and nine perches: 

Barnabas Rhoads of the county of Phila., Yeoman. 
John Rhoads of the county of Bucks, Yeoman. 
Samuel Rhoads of the city of Phila., House Carpenter. 
Rachel Harper of Lancaster Co., widow. 
Mary, wife of William Thomas of Phila. Co. 

The only surviving children of John Rhoads, late of Whitemarsh 
township, in the County of Phila. , deceased. 

In 1691, March 28, he purchased of Wm. Penn 58 acres 
of Penn's Manor of Springfield. (19 Pa. Archives, sec. ser., 
p. 651.) In 1701 he applied to Penn's Commissioners of 
property for permission to cut fifty trees from said manor, 
for fencing his plantation. 

John Roads, Jr., also bought 200 acres of land from his 
brother-in-law, in 1693. 

Deed from George Willcox, son and heir of Barnabas Willcox, late of 
the county of Philadelphia, merchant, for 250£ currency of Pennsylvania, 

to "John Roads of the said county yeoman, and Hanna his wife." 

The land formerly encroached on that of Thomas Paschall — so bordered on 
the Schuylkill River, within the liberties of Philadelphia. Also bordered 
on William Powells' land, also Wm. Brown's land — in all "200 acres, part 
of the original granted by a warrant from the Proprietary, William Penn, 
dated 12th day of 12 mo., 1682," together with "barns, buildings, improve- 
ments," etc. Dated Sept. 9th, 1693. Paid £100 cash and £150 bonds. 
Not recorded till June 15, 1765: Archives, Phila., City Hall.— Deeds IV, 1, 
page 41. 

On the 6 January, 1700, his father conveyed him a tract of 175 acres in 
Whitemarsh, and 

6 June, 1701, he purchased of Edward Farmer 200 acres in White- 



342 IHE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

marsh, which tract he sold to Anthony Morris in 1714. (Phila. Deed Book 
H, No. 17, p. 415.) 

He settled on land in Whitemarsh, and resided there at 
the time of his death. 

His wife Hannah was daughter of Barnabas Wilcox, Es- 
quire, member of the Assembly and for several years one of 
the justices of the peace and of the Court of Common Pleas 
of Philadelphia County. 

Joseph Wilcox, the brother of Hannah Rhoads, was fre- 
quently a member of the Assembly, and in 1705 was Mayor of 
Philadelphia. 

There was considerable trouble about the fisheries and 
navigation of the Schuylkill in early days, and the history of 
Montgomery Co. gives mention that, — 

"Barnaby Roades got fast in a fish dam" for several 
hours, and lost his load, * and was in danger of life, etc. 

The following family are probably the descendants of 
Barnabas Rhoads. 

Ann Roads, who died March 16, 1839, was the mother of Abraham 
Rhoads, b. Dec. 4, 1787? of Gwynedd, d. Nov. 22, 1866; m. Sarah Baker, 
d. April 3, 1340. Their children were: — 

Charles, b. 1816. 

Jacob, b. 1820, m. Ann Jenkins. 

Elizabeth, b. 1823, m. Jacob Acuff. 

Annie, b. 1827, m. George Colyer, d. 1857. 

Samuel. 

Joseph. 

Morris. 

Issachar. 

Catherine. 

Ellen. 

Ezekiel. 

Of Samuel Rhoads of Philadelphia, house carpenter, we 
have further records. 

Honorable Samuel Rhoads, son of John Rhoads, Jr. , and 
Hannah (Wilcox), was born, 1711. In 1741 he was city Coun- 
cilman; elected to Assembly in 1761 with Benjamin Franklin, 
and again in 1762-63-64 and '71-72-73-74. In 1774 he was elected 

'Canoes were made from a single poplar log from which the heart had been 
taken. They carried 140 bushels wheat or 4 tons of briclt. 



THE MAULSBY FAMILY 343 

delegate to the Continental Congress, and the same year Mayor 
of Philadelphia. He was a founder of the Pennsylvania Hos- 
pital, and a member of the board of managers; also of the 
American Philosophical Society, and its vice-president; and a 
director of the Philadelphia Library. His portrait" [?] in oil 
is in Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, he being a member of that 
Company, of which he was president and treasurer at the 
time of his death. 

He died 12, 14, 1784. 

He was a member of Franklin's famous ' 'Junta. ' ' Frank- 
lin, writing of the officers of the Philosophical Society, speaks 
of him as Samuel Rhoads, "Mechanician." 

He was also a founder and a first director of the Phila- 
delphia Contributionship (1752), the first insurance com- 
pany in America. He was also a member of the Hand-in- 
Hand Fire Company. In 1751 he was chosen by the Assembly 
to examine the Schuylkill with a view to bridging it, and in 
1761 was appointed one of committee ' 'for cleaning, scouring, 
and rendering the Schuylkill navigable." 

In 1762 he was chosen by the Assembly, with Lieutenant 
Governor Hamilton and others, to attend a conference with 
the Indians at Lancaster. 

He was Benjamin Franklin's colleague in the Assembly, 
and during life his friend. Some of Franklin's letters to him 
are published in the Penna. Magazine of History, vol. XV., 
p. 35. 

Both were interested in the prosperity of Philadelphia. In a letter 
dated 1771 he makes inquiries about canals and their construction in Eng- 
land, because "the growing trade of Baltimore Town in Maryland, drawn 
principally from our province west of the Susquehanna, begins to alarm 
us with serious apprehensions of such a rival as may reduce us to the 
situation of Burlington & Newcastle," etc., "and we can devise no 
means of saving ourselves but by a canal." 

Of Samuel Rhoads, William Rawle said, — "He was a re- 
spectable merchant of Philadelphia, belonging to the Society 
of Friends. Without the talent of speaking in public, he pos- 
sessed much acuteness of mind. His judgment was sound, 
and his practical information extensive." 

* The portrait is not to be found and possibly never existed. 



344 THE MA ULSBY FAMILY 

Samuel Rhoads* married, May 12, 1737, Elizabeth Chand- 
ler. 

Their children were: 

1. Hannah, who died unmarried, Nov. 1. 1797. (See Eliz. Drinker.) 

2. Mary, b. Aug., 1738; d. May 2, 1779; m. Feb. 15, 1764, Thomas 
Franklin, Jr., of New York, who died Jan. 11, 1797. Their son, Waltert 
Franklin, was Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 1809-1810, and General 
Emlen Franklin, Thomas Emlen Franklin, Attorney General of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1851-2 and 1855-58. Rear Admiral Samuel Rhoads Franklin of 
Washington, D. C., and General William Buel Franklin, of Connecticut, 
are their grandchildren. 

3. Samuel Rhoads, Jr., b. Aug. 7, 1740, Port Warden of Philadelphia, 
and Member of the American Philosophical Society; m. June 27, 1765, 
Sarah, daughter of the eminent Quaker merchant, Israel Pemberton. 
Their son Samuel ("Sammy") married Mary, daughter of Henry (also 
an eminent merchant) and Eliz. Drinker. Elizabeth was opposed to the 
marriage, but says that James Pemberton said "Sammy was a lad of 
very good moral character, " and "James Logan thought it a very suitable 
match, Sam being a worthy young fellow. " — See Journal of Elizabeth 
Drinker. 

Their daughter Elizabeth, m. Samuel W. Fisher, had four children, 
and her descendants are those of Coleman Fisher of Philadelphia and 
Rhoads Fisher of Texas. 

(For part of this history I am indebted to S. Castner, Jr., of Phila- 
delphia. ) 

Elizabeth Roades 

Elizabeth, b. 1667; m. Edward Dawes, 1 mo. 14, 1692-3,1 
and settled in Plymouth township. 

It seems likely that Elizabeth Dawes died before 1709, 
at which date Edward Dawes married at Plymouth meeting 
Sarah Cassel, spinster. The marriage was well attended by 
various members of the family— see page 49. 

Abraham, Francis, and Edith were probably his children. 
Edward Dawes died about 1714. 

In a deed of Plymouth Meeting dated March 13, 1767, 
Abraham Dawes is one of the trustees. 

In deed of 1788, Abraham Dawes is no longer living. 

*Clty of Philadelphia— Taxes V^aluation of Samuel Rhodes, Sen., (?) £24000; 
tax 60. 

t Sarah, a daughter of Walter, married Dr. John A. Atlee, of Lancaster, Pa. 

|Thej' "passed meeting" 4 mo. 30, 1692. One of these dates seems to be incor. 
rect, as the marriage usually occurs directly after the latter event. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMILY 345 

Burials at Plymouth 
Abraham Dawes, d. 12, 26, 1730, 

John Dawes, 3, 4, 1731. ,„„„ . ^ a oa^-v. 

Samuel, son of Abram and Mary Dawes. 9, 24, 1737, mterred 26th. 

Plymouth records give Abraham and Edith Dawes of 
Whitemarsh, of whose children: 

Mary marries Samuel Spencer, 1723. 

Abraham [Jr.] marries Mary Harry, 1731. 

Their son Samuel Dawes dies, 1737. 

Samuel and Mary Dawes Spencer have thirteen children, mcluding 
Jacob, who marries Hannah Jarret, and has John, who marries Lydia 
Foulk, and Jarret, who marries Hannah Evans. 

William of Whitpain, whose daughter Mary marries Chas. Crusey in 
1724 and Abraham, who marries Hannah, and they have children: Rachel, 
m Samuel Morris, 1772; Tacy, m. John Jones, Jr., 1762; Lydia m. Abra- 
ham Shoemaker, 1762; Mary, m. Robert Tucker, 1767; Elizabeth, m. 
James. 

Jacob Rhoads 

Jacob Rhodes, of Darby, b. 12 mo. 16, 1670; d after 
1740- m Margaret Warner (b, 1686; d. 7 mo. 25, 1741), 
about 1705-08. She was the daughter of John Warner ot 
Blockley Township, Philadelphia Co., b. 1649, d. 1717, and 
grand-daughter of William Warner, a prominent member o± 
Markham's Council. 

Children: Anne, m. Wm. Coulson, Nov. 24, 1729; Jacob, 
Jr.; Isaac, m. Elizabeth; John; Abraham, b. circa 1706 to 
1709, d. 1746; m. Ellen Rees,* 1733. 

In his will dated 1716, Jacob Rhoads mentions "my 
daughter Margaret Rodes." 

Abraham was a farmer near Norristown, Pa., owning 
two farms of 100 and 117 acres, appraised at his death, £649. 

He left children Ezekiel, Jacob, Margaret, Roxannah, 
and Esther. 

For further history of this branch see- "The Rhoads Family, by 
S. Castner, Jr., 1901: 

* For copies of the wills of John and Hannah Rees, see the Rhoads Family, by 
8 castner ir 1901 The wills are interesting ones, and they are those of the grand- 
chUdrenoVthe families of William and Rose Malsby.of David, of David, Sr., and of 
Merchant Malsby, Jr., as well as of Abraham Rhoads. 



346 THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 

Deaths : Interred at Plymouth Meeting 
Mary Rhoads, 8, 18, 1811, aged 71. 
Esther Rhoads, 6, 20, 1812, aged 68. 
Ezekiel Rhoads, 1, 20, 1813, aged 76. 

John Rodes, Sr., as stated in his will, was a yeoman and 
cordwainer. He purchased lands in White Marsh, Mont- 
gomery County, and various tracts in Delaware County, 
amounting to five hundred and fifty acres. At the time of 
his death he resided in Upper Darby, Delaware County. 
In 1699 he bought 108 acres of land in Marple, Delaware 
County, which, with other property, he bequeathed to his 
youngest son, Joseph. 

Joseph Rhoads I. and Abigail Rhoads 

' 'Joseph Rodes, or Rhoads, of Marple, Delaware County, 
Pennsylvania, was born in Derbyshire, England, 5th of Sec- 
ond month, 1680. He had lately attained his majority when 
he came into possession of the place in Marple, on which his 
lineal descendants have resided ever since, adding to it from 
time to time. There he established a manufactory for leather, 
and enlarged his estate by purchasing two hundred and fifty 
acres lying between the property, on which he had built a 
stone dwelling, and Crum Creek. 

"The 2d of Seventh month, 1702, he married Abigail Bon- 
sall, daughter of Richard Bonsall. 

' 'Joseph and Abigail Rhoads had four sons and five daugh- 
ters". 

"Joseph died 1732; Abigail Rhoads died 11 mo. 9, 1750." 

The following records contain the births of the children 
of Joseph and Abigail Rhoads. 

From notes sent by Samuel Nicholson Rhoads, of Haddonfield, N.J., 
3, 20, 1908, son of Charles, son of Joseph of Marple. 

"Rhoads Genealogy, from a a Bible now owned by J. Snowdon Rhoads 
of German town. Pa., son of Joseph, son of Joseph, of Marple, Delaware 
Co., Pa. 

"This Bible is the thick old small quarto, "Imprinted at London by 
Bonham Norton and John Bill, Printers to the Kings most excellent Ma- 
jestic MDCXXV, " with embellished title of small, square, named portraits 
one inch square, a heart-shaped central blank having the title within. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 347 

There are many pages missing, also the General (first) title to the whole 
volume, but both titles to the Old and New Testament are intact. 

"Rhoads births and deaths are written in four places in the book 
where blank half-leaves occur, two of these being on the backs of the 
aforesaid title pages. 

"At the end of Revelations the imprint is dated 1624. First leaf in 
book is p. 7 of Bible Genealogy. 

"Rhoads names on back of New Testament title page: 

John, b. 3, 21 or 22, 1703—6 a. m. 

Mary, b. 8, 31, 1705—9 a. m. 

Elizabeth, b. 6, 11, 1708; d. 8, 2, 1828(?). 

Abigal, b. — , 16, 1710—12 noon; d. 8, 4, 1728. 

Rebeckah, b. 2, 3, 1713—12 midn't. 

Joseph, b. 9, 3, 1715—12 midn't. 

Jaac (sic), 12, 3, 1717—2 a. m. 

[Jane ? ] 

Benjamin, 12, 25, 1719—12 noon. 

James, 3, 4, 1722. 

"All the above are in a fine round handwriting. They are the sons 
and daughters of Joseph and Abigail Rhoads and the grandchildren of 
John Roades of Winegreaves; being in ancient chirography are most 
likely that of Joseph the father. 

"Rhoads names on the back of last leaf of Revelations: 

Joseph, b. 1, 23, 1732-9 a. m. 

Isaac, b. 1, 7, 1734-11.30 a. m. 

Abigail, b. 10, 23, 1736. 

This is in poor writing. 

On the same leaf, in other hand writing: 

Joseph Rhoads, Departed this life y* 10 mo., 1776. 

On the leaf opposite Apocrypha: 

Elizabeth, b. 8, 10, 1765-2 a. m. 

Evan, b. 11, 3, 1768—8 a. m.; d. 12, 5, 1768. 

Leah, b. Oct. 17, 1771—3 a. m. 

"Hann," b. Aug. 16, 1773—12 mid. 

"Abig," b. 1, 5, 1775. 

Rachel, b. 2, 3, 1777. 

Abigail Rhoads departed this life 9 mo., 1803. 

On back of title to Old Testament: 

John Rhoads departed this life Aug. 8th, 1751, about 2 o'clock a. m. 

John Rhoads, Junior, 25th of the 12th month, 1761, about 1 o'clock 
a. m., aged 20 yrs., 9 months. (Born about 1741.) 

The tannery established by Joseph Rhoads in 1701 was 
in operation by the family until 1868, when it was moved 



348 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

to Wilmington, Delaware, and the manufacture of leather 
belting is now carried on by J. E. Rhoads and Sons of 12 
N. Third St., Philadelphia, and 40 Fulton St., New York City, 
the lineal descendants of Joseph Rhoads, whose old ledgers, 
with sales of leather in 1723, are preserved. 

To the family of Joseph and Abigail Rhoads belonged: 
Dr. James E. Rhoads, editor of The Friends' Review and 
President of Bryn Mawr College. 

For history of this family see "Clovercroft Chronicles," 
by Mary Rhoads Haines, from which the following quotation 
is taken: — 

"The family is pre-eminently English, being traceable in Derbyshire, 
the very heart of England, up to the twelfth century. Something has 
been impressed upon it by the abode of numerous generations in that ro- 
mantic country. Its varied surface, high hills, rocky gorges, wooded 
valleys, caverns of spar, and numerous mines; the rivers Derwent, Dove, 
Rother and Wye, with smaller sparkling streams, combine their attrac- 
tions and foster in the denizens of highland and vale a love of home and 
of the beautiful, a free and thoughtful spirit." 

She writes in a letter dated: — 

"Heanor: Seventh mo. 20, 1875. 
"My dear Daughter [Hannah Rhoads Garrett], 

"Being near Ripley, in Derbyshire, the place from which our ancestors 
emigrated two centuries ago, I wish to write to thee while here. 

"As I sat in meeting last evening among a somewhat rustic people I 
looked back to the past, and thought how graciously the hand of our 
Lord has led us as a family all that time. And now after the lapse of 
two hundred years, I, the eldest of my generation, have been brought back 
to this spot to worship after the manner my fore fathers had chosen, in 
spirit and in truth, as I trust, depending on Jesus Christ alone as Priest 
and Prophet. 

"Our aged host is Francis Howitt, brother to the poet William 
Howitt, and this home has sheltered the family for three successive gen- 
erations; his grand children now come to play around the hearth-stone. 

"Heanor is a small town on a hill; we have seen it only in the rain, 
for the weather is wet and cool, and I still wear winter underclothing and 
sleep beneath blankets 

"Bubwell Cottage. Afternoon. — Left Heanor this morning at 9.42 
o'clock, with Mary, daughter of Francis Howitt, and came by train to 
Rowsley. We had to change trains near Ripley; the village and church 
are on a hill and I could see them quite well from the railway. Ripley 
is a chapelry belonging to the parish of Pentrich. The road leads up the 
highly picturesque vale of the Derwent." 



XIV 

APPENDIX 

MALTBY 

MALTBY is a surname of local origin indicating that 
those who first bore it came from a place of that 
name. 

Two places in England now bear the name, parishes in 
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. A parish and village in Norfolk, 
now called Mautby, was Maltebei in Domesday time. 

There is at least presumptive evidence that the surname 
Maltby arose independently in each of these three places, as 
it is found as De Malteby on the Rotuli Hundredorum of 1273 in 
both Norfolk and Lincolnshire, and as DeMaltby on the Poll 
Tax List of the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1379. The Nor- 
folk Malteby became Maultby and then Mautby, and as a 
surname further deteriorated into Maubie and Mawby. 

Nottinghamshire is now the principal home of the Maltbys 
in England, and there are secondary centers in Lincolnshire 
and Derbyshire. Mawby is rare outside of Lincolnshire and 
Norfolk. 

The name Maltby indicates a Danish settlement in which 
the maltster plied her ancient trade. Its English equivalent 
is "Maltham" or "Malt-town." The old Danes were fond of 
their ale, and the surnames Malter, Maltster, Maltman, and 
Malthus {i. e. Malthouse) were all at home in that part of 
England once occupied by the Danes. The great numerical 
predominance of maltster over malter, both as a common 
noun and as a surname, is but one of many indications that 
the active work of malting, brewing, etc. , was in the hands 
of the women in those early days. 

The prototheme is the Old Norse malt, which is cognate 
in etymology and identical in meaning with the old Saxon 

(349) 



350 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

malt, the Old High German, Middle High German, and Ger- 
man malz, the Middle Low German molt and 7nalt, the Dutch 
mout, Danish and Swedish malt, Anglo-Saxon mealt, Middle 
English malte, mault, and malt, and the Scotch-English maut 

The radical idea in Teutonic may be seen in the Anglo- 
Saxon meltan, "to melt, dissolve, liquefy," the Old Norse 
maltr, "rotten," and the Old High German adjective malz, 
"melting away, soft, relaxed." 

The cognates farther afield support this. These include 
the Latin mollis {for moldvis) "soft, tender," etc., the Old 
Slavonic mladu, "young, tender, soft," the Old Prussian 
malda, "young," the Cymric 6^2/c^c^, "soft, gentle, tender," 
Breton hie, "weak;" the Greek amalduno, "to soften, 
weaken, destroy," and meldo, "to melt, liquefy;" the Sanskrit 
mrdus, "weak, soft, tender, mild." 

The deuterotheme by is our most common Scandinavian 
suffix in place-names, and is an infallible proof that the Dane 
was once in the land. It appears in Danish and Swedish as 
by, in Norwegian as bo, in Old Norse as bxr and byr, and was 
loaned into Anglo-Saxon as by or bye. It is derived from the 
Old Norse bua, "to dwell," and originally denoted "a dwell- 
ing, " then "a farmstead," and later "a village or town." 

This same by appears as a prefix in our "by-law," the 
Danish bylov and Swedish bylag, a law of a village or town- 
ship, made by local authority and of local application. From 
a participial substantive bonde, contracted from boande, 
buande, of the same Old Norse verb, we get the band in hus- 
band (Anglo-Saxon husbonda) and the surname Bond, signi- 
fying "one who occupies and tills the soil, a husbandman." 

Domesday Book 
Domesday Book, 'tom. il., fol. 134 b. 
^NORF(ULC). 'REX. 

'East H(undred) DE FLEC. 

'Malteby 'tenuit 'Wistan'lib(er) ho (mo) 'Rad(ulfi) Stalra 
I ''car(ucatam) t(er)rae et dim(idiam). "'Semp(er) vil 
"vill(ani) et 11 ''bord(aru) et 11 "ser(vi) et i "car(uca) et 
'Mim(idia) in'M(omi)nioeticar(uca) "hom(inum) iiliac(rae) 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 351 

'*prati: m(odo) dim(idius) "mol (inus) : et semp(er) vil 
'"saUinse) et vii ''anim(alia) et ii por(ci) et cxxii ov(es). Et 
XVI libri horn (in) es et '"dimCidius) ''c(om)m(en)d(atione) 
tantu(m) (habentes) LXXX ac(ras) t(er)rae. ''*Semp(er) IIII 
car(ucae) et ii ac(rae) et dim(idia) prati et mi saUinse) et 
XIIII libri ho(min)es quos addidit ""^RCadulfus) comes, ''"Et 
h(abe)t ii car(ucatas) t(er)r3e et L ac(ras) et vil bord(arios) 
et "dim(idium). Semp(er) vim car(ucae), x ac(rae) prati et 
VI sal(inae) et dim(idia) et quarta pars unius. Rex et comes 
de toto semp(er) '"socam (habent). Et om(ne)s illi libri 
ho(min)es val(uerunt) xxx ''sol(idos) t(un)c: m(odo) liii 
(solidos) et Vll d(enarios). Et m(anerium) tunc val(uit) XL 
sol(idos) et p(ost) L (solidos): m(odo) '"lxvi (solidos) et vi 
d(enarios). Eth(abe)t i "leu(cam) in long(itudine) et viii'' 
quar(entenas) in lat(itudine). Et (reddit) ll sol(idos) de 
"g(eldo). 

English Translation 
'NORFOLK. THE KING. 

'Hundred of East Flegg. 

*Wistan, a 'freeman of 'Ralph the Staller, 'held *Maltby, 
one 'carucate and a half of land. There (were) '"always 
seven "villeins, two ''bordars and two ''serfs and one "plough 
and a ''half on the '^demesne land, and one plough "belong- 
ing to the tenemental lands (and) four acres of '^meadow. 
There is now a half (interest in a) '*mill, and there always 
were seven ""salt-pits and seven (non-ploughing) ^'cattle 
and two hogs and one hundred and twenty-two sheep. 
There were also sixteen free men and a ^^half , under '^com- 
mendation only and holding eighty acres of land. "There 
were always four ploughs and two acres and a half of meadow 
and four salt-pits and fourteen free men whom ''Ralph the 
earl added. ""It has two carucates of land and fifty acres and 
seven bordars and a "half (bordar). There always are nine 
ploughs and ten acres of meadow and six salt-pits and a half 
and a fourth part of one. The King and the Earl always 
have '^soc of the whole. All those free men were at that 
time valued at thirty '"shillings, now at fifty-three shillings 



352 IHE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

and seven pence. The manor was then worth forty shillings, 
afterwards fifty, now '"sixty-six shillings and six pence. It 
is one "leuca in length and eight "furlongs in width, and 
yields two shillings of ^^geld. 

Notes 

'This second volume is the so-called "Little Domesday," consisting 
of nine hundred large octavo pages and containing the survey of only 
three counties, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. 

''The shire name stands at the top of each left-hand page in the 
"Little Domesday." The name of the tenant- in-chief, here Rex, the 
King, stands at the top of each right hand page. 

^This is still called the "Hundred of East Flegg." ItisHsted eleven 
times in the survey of Norfolk. It contains Castre, Filby, Gernemwa, 
Haringeby, Maltby, Nessa, Ormesby, Ronham, Scroteby, Stokesby, and 
Trikeby. 

*The name survives in Mautby, a village and parish of Norfolk. 

^Tenuit, held. The past tense here indicates the time of King Ed- 
ward the Confessor. 

*Wistan, mentioned only here in the entire Domesday. It is a variant 
of Wigstan. Twelve of the name are listed in the Onomasticon Anglo- 
Saxonicum (p. 492). St. Wigstan or Wistan became King of Mercia in 
850; another of the name fought at Maldon; others were dukes, thanes, 
abbotts, deacons, etc. No one of the dozen was an ordinary man. 

''Liber homo, freeman. This term in the Domesday is one of consid- 
erable latitude, sometimes signifying the freeholder of a manor, some- 
times anyone holding in military tenure. Many so called were tenants of 
the King in capite. 

•^Radulfus or Ralph the Staller, i. e., Horse-Thegn, or Master of the 
Horse, stood high in the esteem of Edward the Confessor. He held 
large estates in both Norfolk and Suffolk. He was a holder under Ed- 
ward also in Lincolnshire and Cornwall. 

'The carucate was as much arable land as could be tilled with one 
plough and the oxen belonging to it in a year, having meadow, pasture, 
and houses for the householders and their cattle. The amount differed 
according to time and place, the nature of the soil, and the customs of 
husbandry. Carucates of 60, 100, 112, 120, 150, 160, and 180 acres are 
mentioned. The Norfolk carucate in Domesday is plausibly argued by 
Maitland to have been 120 acres. 

The carucate is the fiscal unit in measurements of land in Suffolk, 
Norfolk, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and 
Leicestershire. The solin or solung is so used in Kent. In all other 
counties the hide is the unit. 

'"This semper refers to pre-conquestual days. The Inquisitors were 



THE MA ULSB V FAMIL V 353 

to make a triple estimate: first, as the estate was held in the time of 
Edward the Confessor; second, as it was bestowed by King William; and 
third, as it stood at the formation of the Survey. 

^^Villani, villeins: these were tenants to a kind of estate superior 
to downright slavery, but inferior to every other condition. Some 
were annexed to the manor or land and transferable only with it; 
others were annexed to the person of the lord and transferable by 
deed from one person to another. They could not leave without their 
lord's permission: if they ran away or were purloined from him, they 
might be claimed and recovered by action, like beasts or other chattels. 
They held at their lord's pleasure small portions of land to sustain them- 
selves and their families. They could acquire no property either in 
lands or goods. Their service was mean, such as manuring the lands, 
hedging, ditching, etc. The law, however, protected their persons, as 
subjects of the King, against atrocious injuries of their lord. 

^^Bordarii , bordars: these were of a less servile condition than the 
villani. They had a bord or cottage, together with a small parcel of land 
allowed to them on various conditions. Sometimes they provided poultry, 
eggs, honey, and other provisions to their lord; sometimes performed 
various services at the house or about the estate, such as ploughing, 
grinding, threshing, cutting wood, etc. 

'^Servi, slaves or serfs: the lowest class of men, without any pre- 
determined tenure of land, and appointed to servile works at the arbitrary 
pleasure of their lord and for such wages or maintenance as he chose 
to give. They were protected as to life and limb against the ill usage of 
their lord. 

^*Caruca, plough. This always includes the team of eight oxen to 
draw the plough. The term must be distinguished from carucata above. 
The latter is properly abbreviated car; the former, car. The Norman 
scribes of the Domesday frequently confuse these and this has led to no 
end of trouble for Domesday interpreters. Such an entry as: Tunc i car. 
in d{omi)nio p{ost) et m{odo) ii boves (At that time one plough on the 
demesne land, afterward, and now, two oxen) : found on fol. 123b, in the 
Norfolk survey, shows that car. in d{omi)mo is a caruca and not a 
carucata. 

^'^Dimidia, half, i. e., a half caruca or four oxen, making a total of 
twelve. 

^^Dominium, demesne: that part of an estate which was held to the 
proper use of the lord, in distinction from the tenemental lands. 

"Every Lordship or Manor was itself the similitude of the Kingdom 
at large. The lord divided his Manor as the state had divided the King- 
dom, into two parts: the one he retained for his own support, and was 
partly cultivated by his villeins and copyholders, and was called his de- 
mesne; the other part was parcelled out among his dependents who re- 
turned him their services." — Gilbert, the Law of Tenure, Introd. p. 10. 



354 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

^'' Hominum., literally "of the men," i. e. belonging or pertaining to 
them, so the tenemental lands. 

^^Pratum, meadow. This is always carefully noted in the Domesday, 
showing its importance. It is distinguished from pastura, upland pas- 
ture. 

^^Molinus, mill. This was always a valuable adjunct to an estate and 
always belonged to the lord. Mills are always carefully listed in the 
Domesday. This mill was apparently on a stream between Maltby and 
an adjoining manor, so shared equally between the two holders. 

'^"Sa.linx, salt-pits. In Domesday times, rock or fossil salt was un- 
known in England. It was first discovered in Cheshire as late as 1670. 
The salinse so frequently mentioned in the Domesday are, in the coast 
counties, pits or ponds for evaporating sea water, and in the inland 
counties works for refining salt from the salt springs. In the "Little 
Domesday" the salinae of Norfolk and Essex are especially numerous. 

^^Animalia. This is the Domesday term for all bovine animals not 
used for ploughing. Other animals, as horses of various kinds, sheep, 
goats, etc., are all listed separately. 

^^A Liber homo dimidius was one whose homage was divided between 
two lords. 

^'^Commendatio tantum was the lightest bond existing between a free- 
man and his lord. It indicates only such service or obligation as the 
freeman voluntarily tendered to some powerful lord for protection. In 
times of danger and lawlessness such protection was highly prized and 
much sought by freemen who feared for their own welfare or the safety 
of their property. 

The Norman scribe here committed the error of writing emd. for cmd. 
i. e. the abbreviated form of emendatio for that of comrnendatio. Emen- 
datio is a rare term in the Domesday. It has to do with crimes and mis- 
demeadors, delinquencies, and fines, is not associated with freemen and 
is not found joined with tantum. On the other hand the phrase commen- 
datione tantum occurs scores of times in the Domesday and is especially 
frequent in the "Little Domesday" in the survey of Norfolk and Suffolk. 
In the former it occurs several times on a single page. 

''^Semper: here begins the estimate at the time William assigned the 
lands of Maltby. Cf. note 10 above. 

''^R. comes. This was Ralph Waher or Guader. He had been a 
traitor to Harold at Senlac, and William had constituted him Earl of Nor- 
folk and Suffolk. In 1074 he rebelled against William; was defeated in 
battle, sailed to Denmark to obtain aid, and was outlawed by William, 
He then went to the duchy of Britany, where he possessed the two castles 
of Guader and Montefort. He afterwards joined the Crusade against the 
Saracens, where he lost his life in 1096. After his rebellion and flight, 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 355 

his lands reverted to William. Most of them had been given again before 
the Domesday, but Maltby here appears a part still retained by the 
King. 

^*The description at the time of the Survey now begins. 

^'A Bordarius diwidivs was a bordar whose homage and service were 
divided between two lords. Only fifteen of them are found in the entire 
Domesday, four in Norfolk and eleven in Suffolk. 

^^Soca, soc. The franchises, privileges, etc., of civil and criminal 
jurisdiction, and the funds accruing from fines, forfeitures, etc. 

^^Solidus, shilling. The Domesday shilling is always twelve pence. 
The Saxon shilling was but five pence. It is usual to multiply Domesday 
values by thirty to get a fair modern equivalent in prices, valuations, etc. 

■'"The increasing value of the lands of Maltby is noteworthy. From 
a carucate and half of land (probablv 180 acres) it had grown to two 
carucates and fifty acres (probably 290 acres) of cultivated land; from 
two and a half ploughs or twenty oxen to eight ploughs or sixty-four 
oxen, from four to ten acres of meadow, from forty shillings of Edward's 
time, to fifty in the time of Earl Ralph and to sixty-six and a half in the 
time of the Domesday. 

'^^Leuca, leuga, lewa. This is our word league but not our measure. 
The Register of Battle Abbey defines it as "four hundred and eighty 
perches or twelve quaranteines. " Ingulphusspeaks of it asamile. The 
old English mile, however, was more of a traditionary than an ascer- 
tained measure. Its extreme limit seems to have been about two of our 
miles, and its most common length about a mile and a half. We may as- 
sume this value for the leuca here. 

^"^Quarentena, from the French quarente, forty, was the forty-long 
or furlong, a measure of forty perches. The perch varied from ten to 
twenty-four feet, but usually about sixteen. The longer perches were 
used especially for forest measures. These measurements give the manor 
of Maltby a total area of 12X8X10=960 acres. 

^'^Geldum, geld or dane-geld, was a land tax, raised originally as a 
tribute to the Danes. It is first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 
for the year 991, when ten thousand pounds were thus raised for the 
Danes. In 994 £16000 were levied. By 1002 the tribute had risen to 
£24000; in 1007, to £30000. In 1018 Cnut collected £83000. With a Dane 
upon the throne, this tribute became an occasional war-tax. It was 
abolished by Edward shortly before the Conquest. No sooner was Wil- 
liam crowned than he "laid on men a geld exceeding stiff." The next 
year he "set a mickle geld" upon them. The Domesday was really a 
geld-book. Its primary object was to register all the geldable property 
in the realm. 

The geld on the manor of Maltby was slightly over three per centum, 
a rather stiff tax. 



356 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL V 

This is the most interesting of the Maltby records in the Domesday 
Book. There are ten other passages in which the name Maltby occurs 
(D. B., tom. II, fol. 180a; tom. ii, fol. 225b; torn. I, fol. 305; torn, i, fol. 
319: tom. i, fol. 319, 2; tom. i, fol. 348b 2; tom. i, fol. 349b; tom. I, fol. 
355b; tom. i, fol. 356b; tom. I, fol. 359b). All these records manifestly 
relate to Maltby as a place name, distributed among Norfolk, Yorkshire, 
and Lincolnshire. 

The translation of the passage given above, and the accompanying 
explanatory notes, were furnished by Professor S. Grant Oliphant, of 
Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan. 

Deeds of Property to David William^ 
Deed David Hugh to David William: 

David Hugh, of Merion in the Welsh tract, Yoman, "for 18£ silver of 

Pa.," to him payd by David William of the same place, Yoman, all 

that tract of land with its improvements and appurtenances thereto be- 
longing situated in Merion, 100 acres. This land adjoins those of Chris- 
topher Penock, Cadwalader Lewis, William Sharloe&late Wm. Wood, & 
Matthew Clemison, the latter named having sold said land to David in 
1687. Clemison was a shopkeeper. Acknowledged 3 mo. 7, 1694. Re- 
corded 1 mo. 19, 1754.— Deed Book H 4, pp. 230-31. 

Markham deed to David William : 

William Markham, Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, for /42 10s. cur- 
rent silver of Pa., " paid him by David Williams of Merion, in the Co. of 
Philadelphia, yeoman," for "all that tract of land situate in the said Co," 
on the Schuylkill, next to Edward and Karthearine Farmer's land — "fiva 
hundred and thirteen acres, being part of the overplus land, formerly 
layd out to Major Jaspar Farmer and granted unto the said Wm. Mark- 
ham by patent from the Commrs. of [city] property under the Proprie- 
tor's seal, 12 mo. 9. 1690. Recorded 11 mo. 26, 169^, in presence of Rees 
Thomas, Hugh Bowden. [This deed is drawn up and first signed. May 8, 
1697. Acknowledged July 6, 1697. ]— Exemplification Book, V. 7, pp. 74-75. 

Deed Nicholas Moore to David William. [Very long 
deed.] 

Moore acts in behalf of two others, Budd and Slick. Land was sold 
Moore in 1684 by Penn. It was cornered "by a Branch of Potquess- 
wich Creek, and adjoins land of John Kent, containing 9815 acres 
originally, but now to Williams that part — 66 acres, adjoining lands of 
Geo. Benson, Thos. Perry & John Hall. "Also all Messuages, houses, 
buildings and other improvements, ways, water-courses, wood," etc. 
Price paid, £18, 15s-}-£7, 10s.— Deed Book E. 6. V. 7, pp. 227 et al. 

*For these copies I am indebted to Samuel N. Rboads. 



THE MA ULSB V FAMIL Y 357 

Compiled by E. M. Blake*, University of Arizona, 
Tucson, Arizona 

August 19, 1907 

The descendants of William Maltby (b. 1641, d. Nov. 1st, 
1718, atOrston, Notts., England) and Jane Brough (b. 1654, 
d. Nov. 3, 1724, and dau. of George Brough of Shelton, Not- 
tingham, Eng. ) , who were married at St. Michael and All 
Saints, Shelton Parish, in 1682; Oct. 31. 

/. Children 
A-William Maltby. 
B- Mary Maltby. 

C— George Maltby, m. Elizabeth, of Shelton. 
D— Ann Maltby, d. Aug. 25, 1717. 
E— Thomas Maltby, m. Elizabeth Taylor, Oct. 9, 1716. 
F— John Maltby. 
G— Charles Maltby. 
H- Elizabeth Maltby. 

//. Grrand Children 
Children of George Maltby and Elizabeth: — 
CA— William Maltby, b. March 21, 1721. 
B— Thomas. 

C— Samuel, b. Jan. 17, 1725, m. Elizabeth Langley, July 20, 1749. Issue, 
three sons and three daughters; names of only two sons known 
to compiler. 
D— John Maltby, b. Feb. 12, 1726. 
E— Elizabeth Maltby. 

Children of Thomas Maltby and Elizabeth Taylor:— 
EA-Charles Maltby, b. Oct. 3, 1717, d. Oct. 16, 1717. 
B— Ann Maltby, b. Oct. 7, 1718, d. 27 Nov., 1718. 

C — Brough Maltby, b. Oct. 9, 1719, m. Ann Dyer. Residence, London, 
Eng. He was a wholesale draper of Mansion House St. (Diet. 
Nat. Biograpy.) 
D— Thomas Maltby, b. March 7, 1722. Residence, Germans, Bucking- 
hamshire.] 
E— Elizabeth Maltby, b. June 6, 1723, d. Nov. 26, 1724. 
F— Ann Maltby, b. Oct. 29, 1724. 
G— Apphia Maltby, b. Aug. 3, 1727. 

H— George Maltby, b. Jan. 10, 1730-1, d. Aug., 1794, m. Mary Fearman, 
b. 1739, d. 1805, April 20, 1761. He was a master weaver, Nor- 
wich, Eng. 

'While Prof. Blake believes this to be in the main correct he does not vouch for it. 

E. K. B. 



358 THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 

I -Jane Maltby, b. Jan. 15, 1731-2. 
J -William Maltby, b. Oct. 6, 1733. 

///. Great Grand Children 

Children of Samuel Maltby and Elizabeth Langley: — 
CCA— George Langley Maltby, b. March 10, 1750. 

B— Brough Maltby, b. Dec. 29, 1752, m. Mary Ince. 
Children of Brough Maltby and Ann Dyer: — 
ECA-Thomas Maltby. 

B— Rowland Maltby. 

C — Brough Maltby. 

D — George Maltby, m. Sophia Sherwood. 

E — Ann Maltby. 

F— John Maltby. 

G— William Maltby, b. Jan. 17, 1763, in London, d. Jan. 5, 1854, in 
London; buried at Norwood. He was a bibliographer. (Diet. 
Nat. Biog.) 

H— Sophia Maltby. 

I -Elizabeth Maltby. 

J— Maria Maltby. 

K— Mary Ann Maltby. 

L— Charles Fridwell Maltby. 

Children of Thomas Maltby and : — 

EDA— Elizabeth Maltby, m. Sir George Prettyman Tomline (b. Oct. 9, 
1750, d. Nov. 14, 1827). (Diet. Nat. Biog.) 
Children of George Maltby and Mary Fearman:— 
EHA-George Maltby, b. Jan. 26, 1762, d. May, 1762. 

B-Thomas Maltby, b. July 10, 1763. 

C— George Maltby, b. Sept. 26, 1765, d. Thursday, Sept. 17, 1807, 
from an accident, near Baltimore, Md. A stone was erected to 
his memory. 

D— Charles Maltby, b. Jan 17, 1767; d. on passage from Hamburg, 26 
Oct., 1800; buried at Harwich, Eng. ; m. Sarah Sweers (b. Feb. 
22, 1771, d. July 31, 1854, at Brooklyn, N. Y., and daughter of 
Cornelius Sweers and Hannah Murdoch), Aug. 17, 1796, at 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

E— William Maltby, b. Feb. 25, 1768, d. May 9, 1770. 

F— Michael Maltby, b. March 19, 1769, d. May 6, 1770. 

G-Edward Maltby, b. April 6, 1770, in Parish of St. George of Tomb- 
land, Norwich, Eng., d. July 3, 1859, at 4 Upper Portland Place, 
London. Married Harvey. He was a student at Pem- 
broke Hall, Cambridge, and from 1824-33 he was Preacher at 
Lincoln's Inn. In Sept., 1831, he was made Bishop of Chiches- 
ter, and then translated to Durham in 1830. Before his ap- 



THE MA ULSB V FAMIL V 359 

pointment, the palatinate jurisdiction was vested in the Crown, 
June 21, 1836. (Diet. Nat. Biog.) 

H— Anna Maria Maltby, b. May 23, 1771, m. Col. Elliot. No descend- 
ants. 

I— Henry Maltby, b. June 1, 1772. 

J— Rachael Maltby, b. June 16, 1773, d. July 2, 1773. 

K— Sophia Maltby, b. Sept. 4, 1774, m. Michael Bland, only son of 
Thomas Bland and Sarah Lawrence of Woodbridge, widow of 
Samuel Gurney of Keswick; Michael of the firm of Gurney & 
Bland, Norwich, Eng. 

L— Brough Maltby, b. Oct. 30, 1775, d. Apr. 16, 1776. 

M— Elizabeth Maltby, b. April 1, 1779, d. July 27, 1779. 

N— Rachel Elizabeth Maltby, b. Aug. 13, 1782. 

IV. Great Great Grand Children 

Children of Brough Maltby and Mary Ince: — 
CCBA— Ann Maltby. 
B — Samuel Maltby. 
C— Jane Maltby. 
D— Elizabeth Maltby. 
E— Mary Ann Maltby. 

F- John Maltby, b. Dec. 27, 1780; d. Sept. 30, 1863. 
G — Elizabeth Maltby. 
H— Charles Langley Maltby, m. Mary Watson, April 28, 1825, at 

Hackney Parish Church. 
Children of George Maltby and Sophia Sherwood:— 
ECDA— William Sherwood Maltby. 

B — Brough George Maltby, of Trinity House. 
C— Sophia Maltby. 
D— Elizabeth Maltby. 
E— Maria Maltby. 

Children of George P. Tomline and Elizabeth Maltby:— 
EDAA— William Edward Tomline. He was Member of Parliament for 
Truro. 
B— George Thomas Pretyman. He was Chancellor of Lincoln and 
prebendary of Winchester. (The family name had formerly 
been Pretyman, but this man's father assumed the name Tom- 
line.) 
C — Richard Pretyman, precentor of Lincoln. 
Children of Charles Maltby and Sarah Sweers:— 
EHDA — A son, died in infancy. 

B— Anna Maria Maltby, b. Dec. 13, 1798, at Philadelphia, Pa., d. 
April 13, 1869, at Brooklyn, N. Y.; m. Jean Baptiste Giles 
Renaud St. Felix (b. Oct. 21, 1790, at Aux Cayes, San Domingo, 



360 THE MAULSBY FAMILY 

West Indies, d. Aug. 3, 1845, at Brooklyn, N. Y.), Dec. 19, 1818, 
at Philadelphia, Pa. 

Children of Edward Maltby and Harvey: — 

EHGA-George Maltby. 

B— Frederick Maltby. 

C— Charles Harvey Maltby. 

D-Edward Maltby. 

E — Henry Maltby, m. 1st Julia K. Biggs, m. 2d Elizabeth M. Brad- 
ford. 

F— Mary Lydia Maltby. 

Williams Family 

There was still another branch of the Williams family- 
living in Chester and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania. 
They were the descendants of — 

1. Amos and Eleanor Williams, and were perhaps of Gwynedd, surely 
of Welsh origin. 

2. James Williams, son of the above, b. 6 mo. 14, 1722; d. 5 mo. 16, 
1787; married Ann , b. 2 mo., 1728; d. 9 mo. 21, 1801. 

3. John Williams ("Gentleman John"), son of James and Ann Wil- 
liams, b. 7 mo. 18, 1761, d. 11 mo. (?), 1822; m. 4 mo. 5, 1787, Ann Owens, 
b. 2 mo. 2, 1754. Living, 1822. 

[Either Ann's mother or John's mother was Ann Seaton, born in 
Dublin, Ireland.] 

Both are buried at Sadsbury meeting, to which they belonged. [See 
chart of graveyard owned by the Pownall family.] 

Children of John and Ann Williams: Elizabeth, b. 6 mo. 28, 1788, m. 
Stalker Coates; Ann, b. 9 mo. 30, 1790, m. Nathaniel Pettit; Mary, b. 1 
mo. 8, 1793, m. Elihu Barnard; Owen, b. 5 mo. 5, 1795, m. Sarah Mc- 
intosh; Phebe, b. Nov. 20, 1797, d. 10 mo. 27, 1810, buried at Penn's 

Grove; m. 3 mo. 22, 1820, Joseph C. Barnard,* b. , d. 1 mo. — , 1823, 

and was buried at Sadsbury. Their only child, John Barnard, married 
Mary Anna Kent. 

Phebe Williams was educated at Westtown, and at the boarding 
school of Hannah Williams at Plymouth Meeting. In her younger days 
she learned to spin, and had fine old linen towels of her own make, also 
long knitted linen stockings, for which she had spun the thread. She did 
beautiful sewing. The buttons on all wash goods at that time were made 
at home out of thread. An old man in the neighborhood of Elkdale cut 
out bone buttons by hand, and the village blacksmith at Sadsbury made 
their great cloak-hooks from pieces of silver money — first beating them 
into wire and then shaping them. 

» These records are at Marlborough, Pa. 



THE MA ULSBY FAMIL Y 361 

Some years ago [1904] I had given me the old money scales of John 
Williams, and an old embroidered wallet that belonged to James Williams. 
The latter was of a quaint pattern (Florentine embroidery) in crewels on 
canvas, with his initials "J. W. " and the year "1776" worked in. It 
was lined with a green drab silk and neatly bound. Holding it in my 
hands, I thought I noticed a slight thickness in one corner, under the 
cover, and after some time I succeeded in drawing from it, through a 
worn fold, a small tissue-covered curl of golden hair, that looked as if it 
had been cut from a child's head only yesterday. I then found in the 
other corner a silken thread of baby hair. I put them reverently back, 
to stay while the old pocket-book lasts, where the mother's deft and lov- 
ing hands had hidden them away long years before, that they might lie 
close to the heart of their father. 

John Williams, "Gentleman John, " kept a store, I think on the turn- 
pike, a short distance above Atglen (Penningtonville). 

At this time there were living in this neighborhood four John Wil- 
liamses, descended from a common ancestor. They were designated as — 
"Ugly John," "Meeting-house John, " "Gentleman John," and, alas! 
"Dirty John. " The kind heart of the latter, however, finally won for 
him the name of "Neighbor John Williams." 

James Williams was a farmer, living, I think, near Parkesburg or 
Coatesville. — See Chester Co. Records at West Chester. 

The Goshen meeting was first held at the house of Robert William, 
who was called "the king of Goshen." 

These extracts from Elizabeth Drinker's Journal evidently belong to 
this family. 

"1785, Jan. 8, Seventh day. Molly Williams, a young woman from 
Sadsberry, came here with a letter to John «& Henry Drinker, from Wil- 
liam Downing, desiring them to recommend her to some place in Town, 
for a few weeks, while she visited her Brother, who is in Jail here. He 
was taken up in South Carolina as a refugee, and brought here for y" 
reward offered. His name Amos Williams— entire strangers to us. Ye 
young woman not knowing where to go, and not having had y'' small Pox, 
we invited her to stay with us till she could get a place nearer y'' Prison, 
where she every day took victuals &c to her Brother." 

1790, Sept. 25. Many here this day. S. Trimble and wife, Joseph 
Hampton, Deborah Guest, Ann Williams, and another Ann Williams, and 
John Hopkins lodged with us. ****** 

Oct. 3. Went to meeting this morning after all our company was 
gone but Ann Williams, Jr. 

The following letter of disownment from the Orthodox 
Friends at the time of the Separation may be worth preserv- 
ing: 



362 J HE MA ULSB Y FAMIL V 

"Phebe Barnard, a member of this meeting having joined with others 
in holding meetings subordinate to a sociation called a Yearly set up out 
of the unity, contrary to the Discipline, and subversive of the order and 
harmony of our religious society for which she has been treated with by 
a committee of women's meeting, but she not manifesting a disposition 
to return to us, we therefore Disunite her from membership with us as 
a religious society. 

Issued at Sadsbury monthly meeting, 10th mo. 6th, 1829. 

Phebe Barnard considered herself one of the Hicksite Friends. 

From one of her samplers, worked in 1814, 1 copy: 

Be soverign grace the guardian of my youth, 
May heaven-born virtue in my breast preside, 

While honor, innocence, and truth 
Attend my steps and all my actions guide. 

Friendship's a pure, a heaven-descended flame. 

Worthy the happy region whence it came. 

The sacred tie that virtuous spirits binds. 

The golden chain that links immortal minds. 
Joseph C. and Phebe Barnard lived at Bart, Lancaster Co., Pa. He 
was injured at a barn raising, and died soon afterward, a young man. 
His father, Richard Barnard, 4th, and his wife, Sarah (Chambers), are 
mentioned in the Journal of William Williams, who meets them at Rich- 
mond, Va., in 1813, attending meetings, and travels with them to Alex- 
andria and to Sandy Spring, where they "lodge at Edward Stabler's. " 
He afterwards visits them at their own home at Marlborough, Chester 
County, Pa. 

In 1827-8 Richard Barnard 4th was present at Woodbury Monthly 
Meeting, in New Jersey, at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting,* and at the 
Yearly Meeting of Chio at Mount Pleasant, and at the latter place was 
one of those giving evidence in the trial following the Separation. — See 
Trial of Friends at Stubenville, Ohio, pages 97, 340. 

John Barnard 
John Barnard was educated at the Friends' school at 
Marlborough, Chester Co., Pa. His teacher, Isaac Martin, 
who taught there many years, was one of the best of old-time 
school masters. 

In bookst bound in quaint old-fashioned papers, many serious prob- 
lems are solved, and often illustrated. The map drawing, the work in 
botany, in book-keeping, in geometry and trigonometry, is good. Occa- 

*Where he wais one of the committee appointed to draw up an address recom- 
mending the Separation, and later, was one of ten members signing it for the Yearly 
Meeting.— Janney's History of Friends, Vol. IV, page 272. 

* These books will be preserved in the historical library at Swarthmore Col- 
lege, Pa. 



THE MA ULSB Y FAMIL Y 363 

sionally the subject matter is varied by the introduction of a quaint 
picture, as of the Simese twins, or some old problem like the following, 
illustrated in colors: 

"I am constrained to plant a grove 

To satisfy the maid I love. 

This beauteous grove shall be composed 

Of nineteen trees in nine straight rows. 

Five trees in each row I must place. 

Or I never expect to see her face. " 

The school, for which land was given, wholly or in part, as was also 
that for the meeting-house, by his great grand-father, Richard Barnard 
3d., overlooked the hillside fields, where that sturdy old Quaker, taking 
his scythe or sickle, led and out-distanced his six stalwart sons in the 
harvest field, until their mother (Lettice) would beg that he "would 
not work the boys so hard . " It overlooked, too, the meadow stream, 
from which Richard filled his bottles with water when on his way to wash 
the feet of a neighbor who refused to be friendly, and thus succeeded in 
making him his friend for life. 

See for this interesting story "Friends' Miscellany, " Vol. V, page 369. 

"John Barnard died suddenly in Oxford Township, 
Chester Co., Pa., 8 mo. 11, 1854, of paralysis of the brain, 
aged 33 years. 

"He was a man of sterling integrity, generous and noble 
in all the relations in life, clear in his moral perceptions, and 
earnestly devoted to the Christian reforms which are the 
glory of the present age. His religion was practical rather 
than theoretical, humanitarian rather than theological in its 
manifestations. The wretched inebriate, the flying fugitive 
from slavery, and the poor and afflicted of every class found 
in him a faithful friend. He was unwavering in the defense 
of what he believed to be truth, however unpopular, and his 
influence was directed against every institution, and every 
custom which he thought calculated to impair the happiness 
of any portion of the human family. With all his firmness, 
he was so gentle, affable, and unassuming as to win the re- 
spect and love of all who knew him." 

The above was written by his uncle, William Barnard, whose second 
wife was Mary, sister of Benjamin Lundy. The Barnard family were 
abolitionists. William and Eusebius and families were disowned from 
Kennett Monthly Meeting, because of these views. They were members 



364 7HE MAULSBY FAMILY 

of the Progressive Friends at Longwood, from 1851 until after the war, 
when at the invitation of Kennett Monthly Meeting they returned to 
their former membership. 

On an old letter from John Barnard is this seal or wafer: 
' 'The Almighty has no attribute that can take sides with the 
slaveholder." 

Captain Thomas A. Maulsby 

Captain Thomas A. Maulsby, aged 77 years, one of the 
most distinguished veterans of the State, died Tuesday morn- 
ing, October 6 (1908), at his summer residence, at Moun- 
tain Lake Park, at three o'clock. 

All night long, blue-coated veterans of the famous 
Maulsby 's Battery, who in the stirring days of the sixties 
stood guard over the tent of their beloved commander, 
watched as a guard of honor over the remains as they lay in 
state in a local church. 

His career during the Civil War won for him much 
honor, and no citizen in the state was held in higher esteem 
or more prominent than he. He had resided here the greater 
part of his life, and was honored and loved by every true cit- 
izen. A good man has gone home. 

His remains were brought to Fairmont and now lie in 
state in the First M. E. Church, watched by a guard from 
Maulsby's Battery. The interment will be in Woodlawn 
Cemetery. At the conclusion of services in the church. 
Judge J. W. Mason will read a biographical sketch. The 
Fairmont Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M. , of which he was a 
member, will continue the services. After the Masonic rit- 
ualistic services at the grave are concluded, the command 
to which Captain Maulsby belonged will take charge, and the 
bugles will sound the tattoo, and a squad will fire the fare- 
well salute over the grave, and taps will be sounded in true 
military form. — From the Fairmont Times, Oct. 7, 1908. 




FINIS. 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



Titles have usually been omitted from the following index, and the 
wifes' maiden name is the one indexed, when known. 
The following pages have been omitted: 

Inquisitions, pages 22, 23. 

Freemen of York, page 24. 

Yorkshire Wills, pages 24, 25. 

Parish Records, pages 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 

Maltby, the name, pages 349, 350. 

Domesday Record and Notes, pages 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 
356. 



Adams, Adele, 267 

William, 109 
AddickS;, Lawrence, 1 20 
Aiken, Maggie, 296 
Albertson, Abbie, 149 

Alice M., 149 
Hannah, 148 
Hannah G., 149 
Harvey G., 149 
Joseph, 149 
Josiah, 58, 149 
Samuel, 149 
William, 149 
Allen, Mary, 92 
John, 269 
Rebecca H., 106 
Alien, William, 161 
Alloway. Meshelpmiah, 138 
Allston, Theodosia. 182 
Amos, BenjarnTn, 296 

Elizabeth, 261. 296 
Hannah, 229 
Mary, 195 
Thomas, 271, 277 
Thomasanna. 277 
William, 196, 218, 
229, 233, 234, 301, 
302, 303 
Anderson, Jayne D., 272 
John E., 287 
William, 275 
Andrews, Elizabeth, 107 

Samuel, 107 
Armistead, Wilson, 320 
Armstrong, Charlotte, 104 
Elizabeth, 104 
Henry, 104 
Tane, 321 
John, 273 
William, 212 
Ascough, Clara, 118 
Asher. Harriet. 256 
Ashton, Samuel, 319 
Atkinson, Lizzie, 77 
Atlee, Dr. John A., 344 
-Austin, Nicholas, 173 



Avary, Hugh, 252 
Ax, Tohn, 138 
Ayer; Lillian F., 272 
Babthorpe, Sir William, 20 
Bachiler, Rev. Stephen, 114 
Baer, Mary, 235 
Bailey, David, 108 
Henry, 108 
Ruth, 107 
Peniniah, 108 
Baker. Betsy A., 235 

Cnarles, 176, 213 
Sarah, 342 
Balderson, Hugh, 202 
Baldwin, Caleb, 104 

Lydia E., 104 
Henry, 93, 104 
Margaret, 104 
Matilda, 104 
Merchant, 104 
Rebecca, 104 
Rebecca N., 109 
Sarah, 52 
Susannah, 104 
Susannah M., 283 
Ball, Tohn, 37 
Baltimore, Lord, 206 
Bancroft, Esther, 149 
Banks, Betsy, 105 

Charles B., 118 
Charles W.. 118 
Daniel F., 118, 125 
Emily C, 131 
Francis J., 118 
Gen. N. P., 123 
Tane M., 118 
Mary E., 118 
Sir Joseph, 181 
Barclay, Robert, 319 
Barnard, Abigail, 112 
Abishai, 112 
Benjamin, 96, 

112, 113 
Brazillai, 113 
Ebenezer, 112 
Eleanor, 111, 112 
(365) 



Barnard, 



Elihu, 360 

Elisha, 113 

Ella K., 132, 186, 

251 
Eunice, 1 13 
Eusebius, 363 
Frances, 111 
Francis, 112 
Sir Francis, 111 
Frederick, 113 
George, 113 
Gilbert, 113 
Hannah, 111, 112 
Toan, 111 
job, 12, 101, 113 
John, 5, 111, 112, 

251, 360, 362. 

363, 364 
Joseph C, 251, 

360, 362 
Lettice, 363 
Libni, 113 
Lorenzo, 251 
Love, 113 
Lucinda, 97, 113 
Lydia, 113 
Martha, 111 
Mary, 111, '12, 

113 
Mary Anna, 5 
Matilda, 112 
Nathaniel, 111, 

112 
Phebe W., 251, 

262 
Richard, 111 
Richard, 3d, 363 
Richard, 4th, 362 
Robert, 97, 111 
Ruth, 111, 112 
Sarah, 111, 112 
Shubel, 113 
Stephen, 112 
Thomas, 97, 98. 

in 

Timothy, 95, 112, 
113 



366 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



Barnard, Uriah, 363 

William, 110, 113, 
363 
Barr, John, 141 
Bartlett, Amelia, 128 
Charlotte, 128 
Burgess, 127 
Barton, James, 221 

Rachel, 287 
Bartram, John, 38, 330 
Bassett, John, 307 
Battin, Edith W., 285 

Edward M., 285 
Orlando T., 285 
Raymond M., 285 
Baum, Ann Eliza, 107 
Tesse, 107 
Sarah, 107 
Baxley, George, 232 
Beals, Mary, 106 
Beard, Godfrey, 319 

Beaty, , 220 

Bee, A. A., 131 

Ralph, 131 
Beechey, Sir William, 31 
Beeson, Benjamin, 106 
Henry, 131 
Ruth, 106 
Martha, 106 
Mary, 131 
Bell, Isaac, 147 
Isaiah, 58 
Jemima, 80 
John, 80 
"O. C, 292 
Benett, Joseph, 84 

"Rebecka, 84 
Benner, Charlotte, 286 
Benson, Amos, 215, 304 

Benjamin. 200, 201 
George, 356 
Gregory, 307 
Hannah, 274 
Levi, 274 
Mary, 274, 304 
Pamalia. 274 
Sarah, 274 
Bewley. Nathan, 172, 173 
Biggs, Julia K., 360 
Bill, John, 346 
Bishop, Abigail, 31 
James, 31 
Black, Matthias, 250 
Blackman, Maulsby, 271 
Rollin, 271 
Thomasanna, 271 
Blake, Burt C, 247 

Prof. E. M., 31, 32, 

357 
Ida M., 265 
Dr. John, 247 
Joseph P., 247 
Lizzie B., 247 
Bland, Michael, 359 
Thomas, 359 
Blout, Nicholas, 18 
Blunston, John, 39, 329, 330, 
333, 339 
Katharine, 339 
Michael, 39, 330, 

337 
Sarah, 330 
William, 331 



Bohrer, Catherine, 106 
Bond, y^lesanra. 176 
Harriet, 273 
lohn, 176, 302 
Maria, 273 
Mary A., 273 
Nichodemus, 273 
Robert, 105 
Sarah, 304 
Shadrack, 273 
Thomas, 209, 212, 227, 
302 
Bonine, David, 109 
Bonney, Elizabeth. 321 
Bonsall, Abigail, 346 
Boon, Daniel, 70 
Sarah, 69 
Squire, 69 
Booth, Elias, 161 
Botybe, Richard, 339 
Boughton. Robert, 19 
Bouldin, Bettv, M., l21 
Emily M.., 121 
Harriet, 180 
Harriet B., 3, 121 
John R., 121 
Margaret H.. 121 
William, 117, 121, 

125 
William. 3d, 121 
Boults, John, 39 
Bowden. Hugh, 356 
Bowie, Gov. Oden, 124 
Boyd. Allen R., 125 
Bradford, Andrew. 73 

Elizabeth M., 360 
William, 7i 
Braddock. Gen.. 62 
Branson, Eliza W., 247 
Brassy, Robert. 331 
Brientnall. Jane, 44 
Briggs, William, 195 
Bristol. Ellen M., 294 
Britton, Elizabeth E. M., 130 

Brockenden, , 68 

Brook, ) Christopher. 20 
Brooke, ) Clement, 126 
Jane, 20 
Robert, 20 
Samuel, 20 
Broomell, Alice, 251 
Annie. 251 
Edward, 251 
Ella, 251 
Esther, 256 
Gladys. 251 
Helen, 251 
John, 256 
John H., 251 
Lawrence, 251 
Letitia, 256 
Samuel H., 251 
Brotherton, Alice W., 104, 

109 
Brough, George, 357 

Jane, 357 
Brown, Albert G., 267 
Anna E., 267 
Charles B.. 267 
David. 219, 235 
Elizabeth M., 2, 3, 
11, 82, 90, 91, 92, 
127, 157, 158 



Brown, Frances. 267 

Francis E., 266, 267 
Mrs. Frank E., 2f5 
George M., 267 
Gertrude, 267 
Helen M., 267 
Henry C, 267 
Howard. 267 
Jesse, 304 
John, 123, 151, 219 
J. B.. 8, 292 
"John C, 90, 267 
Joseph M., 267 
Lillian, 267 
Miriam, 271 
Mary C, 267 
Mary, 235 
Mary E., 267 
St. John C, 267 
Thomas, 69 
Vachel J., 267 
William," 303. 341 
William P., 267 
Browning. Robert, 31 5 
Bruton, Elizabeth, 297 
Bryan, Richard, 31 
Buchanan, President, 123 

William, 205, 224 
Buckingham, Joseph. 109 

Margery, 109 
Buckley, Martha C, 104 
Buckman, Samuel, 111 
Bull, Abraham, 234 
Isaac, 209, 210 
Priscilla, 202 
Sarah. 229, 232 
Walter, 234 
William, 195, 197, 218 
Buller, Thomas, 202 
Bullivant, Robert. 34 
Bunker. Mary, 112 
Burden, Thomas, 44 
Burgess, John, 229 
Joseph, 229 
Mary, 235 
Burleigh, Charles, 64 

Cyrus. 64 
Burr, Aaron, 48, 182 
Burrow, Robert, 44 
Buston, Agnes, 119 
Butler, Thomas T.. 105 
Byrnes, Hannah, 202 
Ruthy, 202 
Samuel, 202 
Cachehorse.l Emma, 309 
Cachehcrs, )-Emnie, 310 
Cachehaus. | John, 307, 309, 

310 
Cadwalader, David, 250 

John, 68, 75 
Calvert. Charles, 206 
Campbell, Alexander, 109 

Ann, 128 
Canaday, John, 64 
Canby, William, 119 
Carman, Katherine, 297 
Carpenter, Hannah, 191 
Samuel, 161 
Carr, Sarah, 106 
Isabel, 106 
Samuel, 106 
Carrol, Alice, 268 

Charles, 208, 209, 212 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



367 



Carrol, Sallie. 267 
Carter, Francis M., 119 
John, 119 
W. Maulsby, 119 
Cartledge, Edmund, 38, 54, 
f^8, 330, 331, 
334, 337 
John, 68 
Cassel, Sarah, 49, 344 
Castner. Samuel, 344, 345 
Cauthorn, Vincent, 293 
Chalk, John, 302 
Chalkley, Thomas, 44, 73, 98 
Chambers, Sarah. 362 
Chamness, Joshua, 109 
Chandler, Elizabeth, 344 

William, 236 
Chapelle, Rev. P. L., 290 
Chapman, Humphrey, 328 
Mary Ann, 185 
Thomas, 185 
Charles I. 312 
Charles II, 332 
Charleton, Elizabeth, 313 

Francis, 307, 313, 

322 
Mary, 307, 313, 
322 
Chase, Abraham, 112 

Lieut. Isaac, 112 
Chatard, Mary T., 267 
Cheeke. Henry, 308, 323 
Cheetam, Ann, 44 
Christer, Charles, 212 
Christy, Elizabeth, 110 
Churchman, Rev. A. B., 181 
Edward 261 
Gainor, 179, 184 
George, 181 
Hannah, 179, 

182, 183, 184, 
185, 232 

John, 9, 67, 177, 
179, 180, 181, 

183, 184, 185, 
202 

Margaret, 181 
Clairborne, Charles, 274 
Clark, ) Chester B., 247 
Clarke, i Peter, 112 
Sarah. 327 
Clay, Henry, 183 
Claypole, Lydia, 77 
James, 39 
Clayton, Andrevi^ B., 292 
Cleaver, Peter, 86 
Clemison, Matthew, 356 
Clifton, Anne, 323, 326 

Sir Gervase de, 505, 

323, 326 
Henry, 44 
Dame Winifriede, 
305 
Cloud, Annie, 251 

Charles F., 251 
Chester M., 251 
Esther T., 242, 251 
Franklin D., 251 
Helen, 251 
J. Fenton, 252 
Jam.es, 250 
James K., 251 
Kent, 251 



Cloud.Lydia Maria, 250 
Mary E., 251 
Mary Esther, 251 
Sara, 251 
William, 251 
Closson, Sarah, 77 
Coale, Cassandra, 284 
Fdward, 284 
John, 284 
Jamts, 282 
Mar>, 282, 284, 2S5 
Ruth H., 284 
Walter S., 284 
Coates, Evaleen L., 251 
Stalker, 360 
Susannah, 304 
Cocayne, Benjamin S., 260 
Georgiana, 260 
Ida, 260 
Mary E., 260 
Thomas, 260 
Cochran, David M., 291 
Francis S., 241 
Coffin, Ebenezer, 112 
Elizabeth, 112 
Hannah, 112 
Hope, 112 
Tames, 97 
Jediah, 114 
Levi. 100 
Peter, 97, 112 
Stephen, 112 
Tristram, 97 
Colby. Frances H.. 112 
Cole, C. H., 241 

Stephen, 235 
Colegate, Richard, 208 
Coleman, Eunice, 97 

John, 91, 141 
Thomas. 97 
Coles, Tacy D., 251 
Colley. Alexander, 142 
Collins, Cordelia, 130 
Conard, Carl, 77 

Edward, 77 
E. Florence, 77, 
George P., 77 
Helen, 78 
Conley, Gladys, 256 
Constable, Frances, 323, 325 
Marmaduke, 323, 

325 
.Sir Philip, 21 
Constantine, Mvra, 77 

William, 77 
Comfort, Eliza, 202 
Conway, Arthur, 277 
Cameron, 277 
Clifford, 277 
Frances, 215 
Frances Am, 11, 
179, 214, 237,277 
Frank, 277 
Graham, 277 
Inez, 277 
Jefferson, 11, 179, 

182, 271, 277 
Jessie, 277 
Tames, 275 
Lela, 277 
Marajery A., 27 

280, 281 
Marjorie D., 275 



Conway, Martin F.. 177, 186 
275, 277, 279 
M. Willet, 277 
Marinus W., 271 
Mary F., 236, 277 

180, 281 
Mary I., 271 
Nellie, 277 
Oscar, 236 
Oscar C, 277 
Pamelia, 276, 277, 

278 
Sarah, 213 
Sarah P., 215, 275 
William, 215 
W. D., 277 
William 1)., 275, 

276, 277, 280 
William O., 277, 
280 
Cook, ) Adda, 260 
Cooke, I Adda J., 260 

Amelia S., 267 
Andrew, 247 
Andrew W., 247 
Anna H., 247 
Annie B., 247 
Arnie E., 260 
Ann, 240, 250 
Ann M., 237 
Anthony, 138 
Asahel W., 259, 260 
Blanche, 247 
Bcwen, 247 
Charles, 260, 267 
Dawson, 247 
Edwin, 260 
Ella Louise, 247 
Eliza, 250 

Elizabeth, 246, 247 
Elizabeth J., 250 
Elizabeth P., 245, 

247 
Emma, 247, 267 
Emma B., 247 
Everett D., 247 
Francis, 39 
Florence, 247 
George Isie, 247 
George P., 250 
George W.,244, 245, 

250, 258, 260 
Georgiana, 259, 260 
Hadley, 247 
Hannah, 250 
Hannah C, 260 
Harlen, 260 
Hattie, 247 
Harvey M., 247 
Henry, 239, 240, 250 
Henry C, 240, 267 
Henry W., 237, .241, 

267 
Hosea J., 246, 247 
Ida J., 260 
Irving C, 247 
James H., 245 
Jane W., 200, 204, 
238, 240, 243, 244. 
245, 248, 250, 254, 
258, 260 
Jesse, 202, 204, 244, 
245, 246, 250 



368 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



Cooke, Jesse G., 259. 250 
Jesse H., 204, 205 
Jesse W., M. D., 
242, 245, 247, 250 
John, 37, 250 
Joseph, 247, 262,267 
Joseph K., 247 
Joseph M., 237 
Joseph McC, 240 
Lillie, 247 
Lydia, 260 
MarcelHous S., 242, 

245, 247 
Maria, 247 
Maria T., 202, 243, 
244, 248, 259, 260 
Mary, 202, 240, 250 
Mary A., 237, 243, 
244, 250, 254, 255, 
256 
Mary E., 259, 260 
Mary W., 245 
Melissa, 260 
Minnie, 247 
Nathan J., 247 
Ruth E., 259, 260 
Samuel. 238, 240, 
242, 243, 244, 245, 
248, 250, 254, 258, 
259 
Samuel C, 250 
Samuel H.,244, 245, 

250. 258 
Samuel M., 260 
Sarah, 250 
Ssrah Ann, 259, 260 
Sarah J., 260 
Stephen. 267 
Tamzin H., 247 
Theodore, 245, 267 

260 
Theodore M., 247 
Thomas, 2,67 
Thomas W., 247 
Thressa C, 260 
Walter, 267 
William. 247, 267 
Willimina, 247 
Cookson, Daniel, 250 
Eli, 250 
Sarah, 250 
Cooper, Anna, 29S 
Anta., 296 
Frank G., 149 
Nicholas. 298 
Cope, Gilbert, 34, 181, 325 
Copeland, Grace, 1 14 
Copson, John, 69, 70, 75 
Corker. William, 44 
Cornell, John J., 296 
Cornthwait, Robert, 235 
Corson, Alan W., 60 

Elias Hicks, 60 
Ellwood M., ISO 
George, 60, 64, 147. 

149, 150, 151 
Hannah, 145 
Hannah D., 150 
Helen, 150 
Ida, 150 
Joseph, ISO 
Dr. Marcus H., 150 
Martha, 151 



Corson, Mary, ISO 

Richard, 145 
Samuel M., 1, 3, ISO 
Susan M., 150 
Cotton, Judge, 119 
Coulston, Barnabas, 81, 144, 
153 
Hannah, 140, 152 
Henry, 81 
William, 345 
Coultas, Captain, 75 
Cowles, Catherine M., 298 
Cowper, Hannah, 37 
Cox, Benjamin, 260 
Grace A., 260 
Martha F., 260 
Mary, 105 
Tunis, 260 
Sarah, 84 
Coxe, Thomas, 333 
Craft, Mary A., 108 
Crathorne, Thomas, 20 
Cresher, Adam, 104 
Creyke, Agnes, 20 
Frances, 20 
Katherine, 20 
Ralph, 18, 20 
William, 20 
Crowl, Ernest C 251 
Esther C, 251 
Horace D., 251 
James E., 251 
James H., 251 
Crowther, Dr., 224 
Crusey, Charles, 345 
Cunningham, H., 296 

Mary, 291 
Cutchins. Jane, 212 
Currier, Thomas, 112 
Curtis, Miss, 187 
Dabney, Rowland, 33, 36, 44 
Dallam, Jane H.. 120 
Mary, 5 

Mary Cordelia, 120 
Mary W.. 120 
Rebecca E., 120 
Richard, 120 
Richard, Jr., 120 
Sara L., 120 
William H.. 120 
Major William H., 

117, 120 
William T., 5 
Darcies, Thomas, 326 
Davenport, Sarah, 31 
David, Edward, SO, 66 
Esther, 51 
Jenis, 51 
Davidson, Ann, 128 
Davies, David, 69 

John, 68, 109, 138 
Morgan, 69 
Maiy, 109 
Davis, Amos, 108 
Annie, 252 
Arthur, 2S2 
David, 143 
D. P., 326 
Dorothy, 252 
Edwin, 252 
Edwin K., 252 
Ernest L., 252 
Eulalia Beeson, 131 



Davis, Evalyn, 252 

Frances G., 281 
Franklin, 2S2, 253 
Franklin D., 252 
George, 252 
Hannah, 140, 142 
Helen, 252 
Herbert L., 281 
Howard, 252 
Howard B., 252 
Isaac J., 108 
lane Rees, 142 
Joel P., 108 
John IL, 131 
Joseph, 252 
Joseph Kent, 252 
Laura V. A., 293 
Lucinda Maulsby, 1 
Lucy. 252 
Malcolm G., 281 
Maria 186, 252 
Maria K., 5, 243 
Maria W., 252 
Mary, 108, 252 
Mary C, 252 
Marv F., 281 
Mr./ 220 
Nancy Z., 252 
Parlett, 252 
Samuel, 80, 142. \\2 
William, 218, 252 
Dawes, Abraham, 49, 54, 59, 
68, 328. 340, 341, 
344. 345 
Edith, 49, 344 
Elizabeth, 44, 160, 

335, 344, 345 
Edward, 37, 43, 44, 
49, 68, 327, 328, 
344 
Francis, 49, 344 
Hannah, 345 
John, 37, 345 
Lydia, 345 
Mary, 345 
Rachel, 345 
Samuel, 345 
Sarah, 37, 68 
Tacy, 345 

William, 37. 327, 345 
Dawson, Dora W., 247 
Edward, 333 
R'chard, 37 
William, 34 
Dav, Ann, 84 

John, 84, 86 
Sarah, 37 

William, 34, 37, o27 , 
330, .139 
Dean, Ann. 159 
Bessie, 157 
Eleanor Benderman, 

157 
Eliza J., 157 
Ellen B., 158 
Eloine, 157 
Eloine L., 297 
Geneva, 157 
Hanson, 1S7 
Haniet, 157 
Hariy, 157 
Hazel, 157 
Hollis S., 157 
Howard, 157 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



369 



Dean, James, 157 

James N., 158 

J. Edgar, 157 

John J., 157 

John Jervis, 153 

Lucille M., 158 

Mary Ann, 157 

Mary G., 297 

Mary E., 158 

Morris M., 11, 136, 

158 
Morris Maulsby, 156, 

157 
Nathan, 2, 90, 156 

157, 158 
N. Howard, 297 
Nellie, 157 
Samuel, 140, 145, 155 

156 
Sarah, 11, 67, 137, 13S, 

140, 155, 156, 157 
Thomas, oO-l 
William, 156, 157 
DeCaindry, William, ISO 
DeKalb, Baron, 8 
Dent, Christopher, 34 
Dewees, William, 142 
Dickinson, David, 235 
Isaac, 155 
Ruth, 235 
Sarah, 69, 235 
William, 59, 68, 
69 
Digby, Lord, 315 
Diggs, Catherine, 290 
lieniy P., 290 
John R.. 290 
Mary C, 290 
Ross M., 290 
Dill, Clara E., 285 
Dillon, Ann, 232 
Edith, 114 
Elizabeth 233 
Moses, 196, 197, 232, 

234 
Hannah, 232, 235 
Ditman, Lizzie B.. 247 
Dixon, Sarah, 224 
Dean, John, 77 

Susanna, 77 
Dove, Henry, 137 
Downes, Jeren)iah, 207, 208 
Downing, William, 361 
Doxey, Matilda K., 265 
Draper, Alex., 331 
Drew, Ellen, 286 
Drinker, Eliz., 168, 224, 225, 
226, 344, 361 
Henry, 344, 361 
John, 361 
Mary, 344 
Dugdale, Joseph, 250 

Sir William, 21 
Duke, Frances, 187 
Dukehart. Margaret, 198 
Dunn, Alice, 148 
Dunning, Thomas, 164 
Dutton, John, 233 
Duvall, Betty, 120 

Paul H., 120 
Robert B., 120 
Dyer, Ann, 357, 358 
Joseph, 195 



Dykes, Emily F., 278 
Dyneley, Arthur, 20, 21 

Mary, 21 
Eare, John, 325 
Earl of Flanders, 309 
Earl of Kent, 309 
Eaily, Gen. J. A., 292 
Ea5ter, Hamilton, 292 
Eastman, Anna M., 299 
Edward P., 299 
Ernest, 299 
Irene, 299 
Frances L.,230, 300 
Jonathan, 299 
Margaret, 299 
Mary, 299 
Philip, 111 
William, 300, 299 
Echols, Gen., 292 
Eddy, Cora, 271 
Edmonds, Jane A., 293 
Edward I., 305 
Edward, Prince of Wales, 309 
Edward VL, 19, 310 
Edwards, Rachel, 149 
Egart, George, 140 
Elizabeth, Queen, 19, 312, 

314, 315 
Ellicott, Mary M., 202 

Thomas, 202 
Elliott, I Anna R.. 285 
Elliot (Caleb, 285 

Charles P., 10, 284 

Carrie, 284 

Col., 359 

Edna, 285 

Howard H., 285 

John M., 285 

Lydia M., 283 

Margaret, 284 

Mary M., 284 

Upton. 284 
Ellis, Catherine, 142 

Elizabeth, 112. 142, 255 

Emily, 102 

Louise, 255 

Lydia, 102 

Mordecai, 112 

Rowland, 56 

Thomas, 105 

William, 255 
Emlen, Hannah, 44 
Emmert, Katharine, 157 
Encoff, David, 137 
England, Dorothy, 37 

Elizabeth, 327 
Philip, 71 
Enlows, John, 157 
Erwin. Mary, 235 
Evans, Cadwallder, 69 

Catherine, 85 — ^• 

Elizabeth, 53 

Evan, 75 

Griffith, S3 

Hannah, 345 ' 

John, 53, 55 

Joshua, 94 

Josephine, 120 

Owen, 53 

Peter, 53 

Sarah, 69 

Thomas, 53 



ffanner, ) Edward, 1 60 
Farmer, ) Edward, 136, 334, 
341, 356 
Major Jasper, 137, 
^356 

Katherine, 356 
I'farnsworth, (Thomas, 327 
Farnsworth, ( Thomas, 37, 

339 
Fawkes, Thomas, 324, 325 
Fearman, Mary, 357, 358 
Fearne Joshua, 330 
Fell, Elijah, 268 
I^'ellows, Samuel, 112 
Fenton, Martha, 251 
Ferren. Ida M., 131 
Fisher, Coleman, 344 

John, 124, 171, 173 
RhoEds, 344 
Ruth, 235 
Samuel W., 344 
Fitch, Eunice, 113 
Foley, Ann B., 131 
Folger, Ekazer, 98 
John, 112 
Judith, 112 
Peter, 98, 112 
Ffolke, Luke, 37 
Fontiles, Elizabeth, 146 

John, 146 
Force, Norman, 77 

William B., 77 
Ford, Ann A., 267 
Henry, 267 
Mary L., 267 
Vachel H., 267 
Ford ham. Rev. J., 31 
Forker, Sarah, 77 
Ffreborne, Sus., 44 
Forest, } Joan, 44 
fforest, I William, 44, 125 
Foster, Abbie, 64 

Ann, 228 
Foulke, I Edward, 55 
Foulk, I 

Jane P., 236, 237 
Joseph, 301 
Lydia, 345 
Fox, Annie. 266 
Elizabeth, 68 
George, 33, 111, 203 
James, 54 

Samuel, 330, 333, 339 
Franklin, Benjamin, 70, 74, 
98, 342, 343 
Gen. Emlen, 344 
Samuel E., 344 
Sarah, 344 
Thomas, 176, 344 
Thomas E., 344 
Walter, 344 
Gen. Wm. B., 344 
Frapnell, James, 268 

Rebecca, 268 
Frazier, Hannah, 67 
Tames, 85 
Mcses, 87, 92 
Rebecca, 85 
Freeman, Daniel, 109 
Frees, George, 147 

John, 139, 140 
Frecsc, Elizabeth, 138, 142 



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INDEX OF PERSONS 



Fries, John, 180 
Frith, Joseph, 319 
Frost, Lawi ence, 83 
Fuller, Dr Richard, 293 
Fullforth, Mary, _'24 
Fussell, Bartholomew, 230 

Philena L., 298 
Fulton, Arthur. 252 

Charles L., 252 
David M., 252 
Franklin D., 252 
Maria K., 252 
Gaar, Mildied E., 285 
Samuel W., 285 
Galley, Thomas, 247 
Gardner, (Abigail, 112 
Gardiner, j Damaris, 112 
Deborah, 97 
Joseph, 112 
Judith, 112 
Nathaniel, 112 
Garretson, Ann, 248 

Content, 84 
Benjamin, 259 
Gairett, Hannah R., 348 
(iarretson, ) John, 84 
Garrison, J 

Isaac P., 250 
John, 86 
Lavinia, 250 
Rhoda, 259 
William, 86 
Wm. Lloyd, 64, 65 
(ieorge Isaac S., 272 
King, 180 
Mary E., 272 
Gibbons, Catherine, 275 

James S., 101, 259 
Gilbart, Jacob, 138 
Gifford. Hugh, 8 
Gill, Mrs. 180 
Gillam, Mary W., 149 
Gillingham, Ezra, 204, 205 
George, 202 
James, 202 
William, 202 
Girard, Stephen, 48 
Gist, Gen. Mordecai, 59 
Gittings, Nannie E., 119 
Glendy, John, 291 
Godwin, Miss, 157 

Pleasance. 118 
Gomme, Alice B., 312 
Goldsborough, Governor, 117 
Gollitchy, Indian, 160 
Goodwin, Governor, 160 
Gore, (Richard, 41 
Gone, I 

Gorsuch, Annie, 157 
Gossip, William H., 321 
Gourley, Alice K., 253 

Howard, 253 
Gove, Howard, 255 

Richard, 54 
Graeme, Dr., 166 
Graham, 1 Annie, 277, 236 
Grahame, J 

Beatrice, 236 
Beulah, 236, 281 
B. Anna, 237. 280 
Caroline B., 236 
Dillwyn, 236 
Elizabeth, 236, 281 
Fannie, 236 



Graham, (George, 236, 237 
Grahame, ) 

Harris, 203, 236 
Hicks, H., 237 
H. Harris 237 
Isiael, 236 
Israel J., 237, 239 
241, 262 
Jane, 236 
John, 236 
John M., 237, 281 
Mabel M., 281 
Mabel, 236 
Mary, 236, 237, 240 
Susanna, 236, 237 
Thomas, 236 
Granby, Marquis of, 35 
Gralton, John, 324, 328 

Josiah, 336 
Graves, Alonza, 299 
Elaine, 299 
Gertrude, 299 
Heicy, 299 
Lydia M., 299 
Sarah E., 299 
Stanton McC, 299 
Gray Captain, 316 
Emily. 130 
Enoch, 191, 202 
George, 44, 74 
James E., 130 
Dame Margaret, 310 
Margaret, 266 
Mary. 202, 203, 205 
Mary M., 204, 218,245, 

268 
Sarah,^ 130 
Greenleaf, Sareh, 112 

Stephen, 97 
Grew, Mary, 64 
Grey, Lord, ,310 
Griest, Adele, 2Sf 
Amos, 250 
Ames W., 258 
Anne, 250 

Anne McM.- 254, 255 
Annie M., 256 
Charles E., 257 
Cyrus,250,252,255. 258 
Cyrus S., 256 
C, Arthur, 256 
Donald H., 256 
Edith. 250 
Ella M., 256 
Elizabeth, 256 
Elizabeth M.. 257 
Ellis, 255 
Ellis L., 256 
Emelie B., 256 
Emma, 255 
Esther, 256 
Esther H., 257 
Florence, 256 
Frederic E., 258 
George G., 256 
Geo.-ge M., 256 
Hadley, 256 
Harris, 256 
Harold W., 256 
Hazel, 256 
Helen, 256 
Hiram, 255 
Jane C, 256 



Griest, Jessie W., 256, 257 
Kathryn, 256 
Kenneth H., 256 
Lavinia, 255 
Leon C 256 
Maria E.. 257 
Mary Ann, 240, 245, 

258 
Mary E., 255, 256 
Maurice E., 256 
Paul v., 256 
Raymond H , 256 
Virginia, 255 
Willing, 250, 254, 255 
Griffith, Amos, 250 
Ben, 333 
Elizabeth, 44 
John, 
Jones, 51 
Martha, 235 
Mary, 235, 250 
Sarah, 51 
Thomas, 44, 53 
Grisam, Elizabeth, 102. 106 
Grotjane, Emmie, 267 
Guest, Deborah, 361 
Gurney, Samuel, 359 
Hackett, William, 111 
Haines, Mary R., 348 
Haldeman, Henry, 131 
Hall, Eliza. 247 
Jane, 117 
Jchn, 356 
Jcne, 317 
Lydia, 106 
Mary, 9, 129 
Nancy, 106 
William G., 106 
Hallam, Margerie, 317 
Margery, 322 
Hallowell, Mary A., 148 

Pemberton, 1 48 
Susan J., 148 
Hamiltcn, Alex., 182 
Anne, 89 
Charles L.. 47 
Charles M., 120 
Erasums G., 120 
Gov., 343 
Israel M., 120 
Tames, 117, 120 
James R.. 292 
"William P., 89, 120 
Hamptcn, Joseph, 361 
Hanke, Tohn, 34, 69. 78 
Luke, 34 
Nancy. 69 
Sarah, 69 
Hank, Luke. 327 
Hany, Ann, 148 
Hansburgh. Fred. 205 
Hanson. Elizabeth. 157 
Hany. Ann. 148 

Benjamin, 148 
Harker, Sarah, 112 
Harlan, Benjamin, 274 
Caleb, 274 
Elizabeth, 274 
Edi.h, 251 
Florence, 251 
Hannah, 274 
Homer B.. 278 
John Paul 251 
Josephine G., 251 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



371 



Harlan,Mary, 274 

Paul D., 251 
Sarah, 274 
William, 274 
Haimer, George, 73, 334 
Harper, Rachel, 341 
Harry, Daniel, 229 

Maiy,, 229, 345 
Rebecca, 335 
Rees, 148 
Harris, Ann, 236, 237 

Bev.lah, 5, 6, 11. 169, 
189, 198, 202. 234 
236, 237, 240, 241 
George, 198, 199, 200, 
201, 202, 204, 220, 
233, 235, 236 237, 
2" 8 
Gecrge Jr., 239 
Hicks, 236. 237, 238 

239, 240 
Jane, 236 
Margaret H., 237 
Mary, 198, 202, 326 
Sarah Ann, 239 
Su&an, 20-1 
Suspnnah, 198 
Susanna, 200, 202, 

?20 
David. 44 
Halt, John, 333 
Ilarwood, Susan, 157 
Hatfield, Cozzbv, 108 
David,' 108 
Sarah Ann, 108 
ilaux, Robert, 18 
Haviland, Eleazer, 250 
Hawkins, Ruth, 295 
Hawood, Lemly, 126 
Haws, Rebecca, 334 
Hawxhurst, Bertha C, 257 
Mary W., 257 
Hayes, Anne, 20 

Sir Joseph, 20 
Haynes, Thomas, 111 
Hayward, Hannah, 304 
Rachel, 114 
Rebecca, 304 
William, 202 
Heaps, Elizabeth, 220 
Hearn, Sarah, 44 
Heathcote, Cornelius, 320, 
321 

Elizabeth, 320 
Frances, 322 
Gilbert, 317, 320 
John, 319 
Lydia, 318 
Heckler, Valentine, 222, 287 
Henderson, Ella, 286 
Henry II., 305 
Henry III., 305 
Henry VIII.. !9 
Hesketh, Thomas, 20 
Hester Eliza W., 299 
John. 299 
John S., 300 
Lucinda, 299, 300 
Hetrick, Bertha, 131 

Charlotte A., 129, 

130 
Edwin M., 131 
Noah, 131 



Hewitt, ( , 2 

Hewett,J Atheline, 307 
Daniel, 271 
John H., 278 
Maulshy, 187 
Maulsby L., 271 
Orlando, 271 
Thomas, 307 
Hicks, Abraham, 304 

Ann, 191, 195, 198 
201, 205, 235, 238 
241 
Bathsheba, 191, 198 

199, 200, 201, 202 
206, 238, 260, 261 
274 

David, 191, 195, 199 

200, 201, 204, 206 
238, 2')0 

Elias, 168 
Elizabeth, 212 
Henry, 176. 191, 193 
198, 201, 206, 207 

208, 209, 210, 212 
220, 263 

Isaac, 212 

James, 162, 176, 191, 

193, 194, 195, 196! 

197, 198, 199, 200, 

201, 202, 203, ?04. 
205, 206, 207, 208; 

209, 221, 223, 228. 
234, 235, 236, 238, 
240, 242, 260, 268, 
303. 304 

Dr. James, 238 

Tane. 191, 195, 198. 
201, 206, 207, 220, 
242, 245 

Laban, 176 

Leban, 208 

Mary, 67, 169, 171, 
191, 193, 194, 195, 
197, 198, 199, 200, 
201, 202, 205, 210, 
216, 220, 234, 235, 
238. 241, 242, 243, 
260, 304 

Nehemiah, 176, 207, 

209. 210, 212 
Susarna. 191, 195, 201, 

205, 234, 236 
Tamar, 191, 198, 201, 

206, 264 
William, 206, 207 

Hill, Hannah, 68 
Richard, 44, 68 

Hilles, Joseph M., 148 

Hilton, Dinah. 224 

Hinshaw, Abigail, 109 
Ann, 84 
Brothers. 258 

Hitner, George, 146 
Hannah. 146 

Hoadley, Abraham, 31 

Hodgin, Robert. 84 

Hoge, E. E., 119 

Hogg, Laban, 209 

Hogue, Albert. 247 
Oliver, 297 

Holland, Esther, 297 

Hollingsworth,Nathaniel, 228 



Hollinshead, Charles, 256 

Esther, 247, 256 
Mary, 256 
Holme, Thomas, 55 
Hood, General, 263 
John, 336 
Thomas, 38 
Hooley, Lydia, 185 
Hooper, Catharine, 290 
Herbert, 290 
James A., 290 
Margaret, 291 
Mary B., 290 
Parr, 291 

Hopcott, . 112 

Hopkins, Deborah, 202 
Gerard, 202 
Gerrard, 235 
Tohn, 361 
Mary, 202 
Hopper. Isaac T., 259 
Morn, Captain, 181 
Charles, 77 
Mary, 77 
William, 77 
Horner, Josephine, 300 
William, 300 
Willie J., 300 
Houck. Henry, 332 
Hovenden, Helen Corson, 1, 
60, ISO, 151 
Martha M., 150 
Thomas. 60, 150, 
151 
Howard, Annie R., 272 

Margaret, 3, 63. 85 
Mary, 232 
Rvth, 295 
Samuel, 232 
Sarah, 233 
Susannah. 303 
Thomas G.. 117 
Howe, Earl, 306 

General, 153 
Howell, George. 290 
Harriet, 290 
John, 44 
Mary, 290 
Howitt, Francis, 348 
Mary, 348 
Thomas, 38 
William, 348 
Hugs, Julia, 229 
Hugh, David, 45, 356 
Hudson, John, 140 
Huff, Mr., 220 
Humphreys, Edith, 232 

Elizabeth S.,264 

268 
Emma D., 206 
Francis, 266, 268 
Jane, 304 
Margaret R.,266 
Hunt, Anna M., 285 
Elizabeth, 105 
Frank, 121 
George T., 121 
Harriet M., 121 
Tulia D., 121 
Mary, 52 
Hunter, Eleanor D., 267 
George H., 265 
Lucretia G., 265 



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INDEX OF PERSONS 



Husband, Joshua, 282 
Hussey, Abiel, 115 

Abigail, 112 
Ann, 84, 85 
Asahel (Major), 115 
Betty, 113, 114 
Christopher, 84, 85 

97, 98. 114 
Edith, 85 
Elizabeth, 85 
Eunice, 115 
George, 85, 114 
Hannah, 85 
Tane, 85 
jediah, 85 
John, 84, 113, 114, 

115 
Margaret, 82, 84, 85 

113, 114 
Mary, 114, 115 
Miriam, 85, 114 
Nathan, 84, 85, 114 
Obed, 115 
Record, 85, 114 
Stephen, 98, 112 
Sylvanus, 115 
Theodate, 114 
Hutton, Clara, 297 

Georgianna, 297 
Joseph, 85 
John H., 284 
Margaret R., 284 
Matilda, 297 
Philena, 297 
Hynde, Margaret, 321 
Tddings, Ernest, 119 
Ince, Mary, 358, 359 
Indians, Otoe, 257 
Ireland, Sarah, 130 
Jacobs, John, 141 
Thomas, 20 
James, Elizabeth, 345 
Esther, 44 
Howe!, 44 
Henry, 202 
Magdalene, 44 
Tames II, 332, 333 
Jameson, Mary, 108 
Janeway, Mary, 106 
"janney, Elizabeth. 258 

Muriel, 252 
Jarrett, 1 Abraham, 201 
Jarret, J Alice M., 148 
Caroline, 148 
Charles, 147, 148 
Elwood M., 148 
Franklin H., 148 
Hannah, 345 
Howard, 148 
Isaac M., 148 
Joseph W., 148 
T. Waterman, 148 
Letitia T., 148 
Martha, 148 
Martha M., 148 
Mary W., 148 
Merchant M., 148 
Rachel E., 148 
Samuel M., 148 
Sara W., 148 
St-san M. ,148 
Jarvis, Ann, 234 

Nathan, 234 



Jarvis, Sophia, 8. 227 

William H., 286 
Jay, J., 269 
Jeanes, Isaac H., 310 
Jefferes, John. 234 
Jefferies, William, 234 
Jefferson, Thomas, 181 
Jenkins, Howard, 55 

Howard M., 12 
Joseph, 112 
Jennings, Jvilian, 20 
Jenner, Margaret, 333, 334 
Jervis, Aim, 156 
Jessup, Elizabeth, 322 

Simon, 322 
Jewett, John, 282 
John, Ann, 88, 103 

Griffith, 51, 82, 83 
Lydia, 82, 103 
Robert, 51 
Samuel, 51, 82, 83, 84, 

88, 103 
Elizabeth, 245 
Elizabeth G., 247 
Rev. Henry \'an D., 

122 
Hosea, 245 
Johnson, Bathsheba, 204, 262 
Bessie, 263 
Cherrie, 263 
Edward, 293 
Eleanor. 52 
Frank, ' 148 
Hughes, 263 
Jacob, 196 
Jacob, 232 
James Hicks, 239, 
261, 263, 264, 265 
Jessie A., 263 
Joseph, 184, 263 
Joseph McC, 239, 

261, 262 
Joseph T., 263 
Katie, 263 
Leon E., 293 
Lina, 263, 264 
Marv, 235, 234 
Mattie L., 263, 264 
Nancy, 264 
Nannie, 263 
President, 278 
Robert, 202, 204, 

261, 263, 264 
R. Newcomer, 263 
Roberta, 263 
Sallie, 264 
Sudie, 263 
Sue, 264 
Susan M., 263 
Atwell, 131 
Charles, 131 
Estella, 131 
Harry, 131 
John Thomas, 131 
Jones, Bolton, 151 
David, 104 
David L.. 108 
Daniel, 51 | 

Edward, 88 
Eliza, 51 
Elizabeth, 66 
Elvina, 107 
Evan, 149 



Tones, Griffith, 66, 331 

Hugh, 49, 54, 68 

Isaac, 106 

Jane, 149 

Tesse, 107 

John, 345 

Tohn M., 107 

Toseph, 80 

Lewis, 149 

Lvcinda, 107 

Lydia, 102 

Marearet, 44 

Mary, 235 

Pleasant, 107 

Robert, 46, 53, 55 

Sally Ann, 107 

Sarah, 274 

William C, 107 
Jordan, J. W., 287 

Samuel, 296 
Tudd, Tane, 207 

Mich", 206 

Michael, 207 
Kav, Rebecca, 234 
Kean, Martha, 295 
Kelly, Gen. B. F., 132 
Keen, Reynold, 226 
Keith, Govenor, 73, 166 
Kemp, Toseph, 109 

Mary, 109 

Prudence, 109 

Rachel, 109 

Richard, 109 

Susannah, 109 
Kendall, John, 79 
Kenly, Major John R., 185 
Kenner, S., 73 
Kensett, Edith, 125 
Kent. Ann, 240 

Daniel, 237, 248 

Daniel Jr., 250 

Elizsbeth, 237, 250 

Esther A., 252 

Esther Hawley, 237, 

248, 250 
Esther Jane, 237, 250 
George M., 252 
Hadley, 253 
Jesse Warner, 253 
Jessie Mira.. 253 
John, 356 
Joseph, 237, 241, 248, 

249, 259, 284 
Toseph H., 251 
Margaret H., 253 
Maria E., 252 
Maria J., 237, 241, 242, 

245, 249, 252, 259, 

260, 282 
Mary Tane, 250 
Marian, 253 
Mary Ann, 237 
Mary Anna, 5, 237, 

251.. 360 
Samuel C, 253 
Susanna H.,5. 251, 259 
Thomas W., 237 
William, 237, 240 
Key, Phebe, 105 
Kimball, Anna M., 125 

Carolyn S., 125 

Emily C, 125 

Emily N., 124 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



BIB 



Kimball, Henry, 125 

Norman C, 125 
John R., 125 
Roger N., 125 
William M., 125 
Kimerlee, Mary, 108 
Kine:, Charles, 315 

John, 298, 305 
William, 267 
Kinnard, Elizabeth, 165 
Kinsey, John, 333 
Kirby, Anna, 253 
Kirk, Bertha, 77 

Elisha A., 296 
Fannie, 297 
Hall, 297 
Herbert, 119 
Jacob, 296 
Maria, 296, 297 
Mary, 274 
Mollie, 297 
Rachel, 274 
Robert, 296 
Kirshbourn, J. William, 161 
Kirtland, Elizabeth, 37 

William, 37 
Knight, Margaret, 142 
Knox, Grace, 202, 203 
Knyvet, Sir Henry, 314 
Koch, Otto, 255 
Koser, Andrew J., 257 

Elizabeth M., 234, 258 
George Wilmer, 258 
Henry, 257 
Margaret, 257 
Margaret J., 258 
Lacey, Elizabeth, 303 

Elizabeth H., 304 
General, 180 
Thomas, 301 
LaFayette, Marq. de,261, 262 
Lalla, Samuel N., 279 
Lamb, Hugh, 34 
Lancaster, Constancy, 195 
Elizabeth, 229 
Jesse, 229 
Joseph, 229, 234 
Knowles, 58 
Nathan, 234 
Prudence, 234 
Thomas, 137 
Langley, Elizabeth, 357, 358 
Lansing, Nancy, 110 
Lascelles, Elizabeth, 323 

Sir George, 326 
r^augharne. Major Gen., 190 
Mary Ann, 185, 

186 
Mary, 1, 7, 11, 
67, 162, 164, 
166, 169, 177, 
178, 179, 180, 
182, 183, 187, 
188. 189, 190, 
193, 231, 237, 
301 
John, 67, 178. 190 
J>.hn, iVl. P.. 189, 
190 
William, 186 



Laurie, Gawen, 331 
Lawrence, Joshua, 142 
Sarah, 359 
William, 44 
Laws, Mattie, 271 
Learnard, O. E., 280 
Lee, Arietta, 287 
David, 197, 233 
Elinor, 234 
General, 133 
Hannah, 233, 235 
Joseph L., 298 
Margaret A., 232 
Mary, 234, 269 • 
Rebecca, 229 
r^egaux, Pierre, 47, 48 
Legoe, Alizanna, 235 
Lehman, Frank, 247 

Howard A., 247 
Walter D., 247 
Leib, Dr. Michael, 153 
Lentz, Guy, 130 
Harry, 130 
Tay, 130 
Roy, 130 
Leonard, Henry A.. 299 
Levering, Nathan, 139 
William, 139 

Leversley, , 48 

Lewin, Francis P., 288 
John H., 288 
Margaret A., 288 
Lewis, Cadwalader, 356 
Ellis, 88 
Naomi, 100 
Sarah, 77 
Walter, 70 
Lidyard, Charity, 163, 164 

John, 163, 164 
Lincoln, Abraham, 69, 70, 
101, 123, 293, 
327 
Lindsay, Blanche J., 131 
Linsberger, John, 250 
Little, George, 111 
Livezey, Rachel, 149 
Samuel, ^8 
Lloyd, Benjamin, 165 
Elizabeth, 165 
John, 164, 165, 173, 

174, 175 
Martha, 165 
Mary, 165 
Mordecai, 08 
Mr., 188 
Sarah, 51, 165 
Thomaas, 60, 165, 174 
Loane, Anne G., 292 
Loceston, William, 43 

Locke, , 320 

Locker, Lampson, Godfrey, 

321 
Lockhart, Allan, 323 
Logan, James, 70, 73, 344 
Lohman, William G., 287 
Lollywell, Peter, 34 
Longe, Walter, 44 
Longshore, Robert, 334 
Longstreth, Ann. 171 
Look, Thomas, 97 



Look, Hannah, 31 
Lostater, Dr., 192, 223 
Loundes, Governor, 120 
Lovell, Muriel, 19 
Lovett, A. M., 152 
Lowe, John, 324 
Lukens, Asahel C, 260 
Jacob, 229, 304 
Joseph, 137 
Lydia A., 260 
Lewis, 59 
Steller, 260 
William, 260 
Lumpkin, James, 107 
Nancy, 110 
Sarah T., 107 
William, 107 
Lundy, Benjamin, 64, 65, 99, 
363 
Mary, 363 
Lydenham, Thomas, 320 
Lyon, A. J., 299 
Mabbett, Abram J., 298 

Annie S., 230, 296 
Birdie, 298 
Edwin J.. 298 
Lillie A., 298 
Mabel I., 298 
Royden K., 298 
Mace, Phinniess, 325 
Macy, Baraciah, 97, 108 
Deborah, 112 
Elizabeth, 112 
Isaac, 105 
John, 96, 97, 112 
Lucinda B., 108 
Lydia, 105 
Mary, 97, 108 
Obed, 96, 99 
Robert, 112 
Sarah, 112 

Thomas, 96, 97, 111, 
112 
Maddox, Mary, 144 
Malbye, Edward, 20 
Sir, John, 20 
Lyonall, 20 
Margaret, 20 
Mary, 20 
Thomas, 20 
Maleby, Samson, 78 
* Malsbury, Aaron 77 
Maltby, Alice, 18 
Maulsby, Absalom, 128 
Adelia, 117 
Agnes, 273 
Agnes S., 272, 273 
Augustus H.. 273 
Alice T., 158, 149 
Alice T., 148, 149 
Amelia C, 131 
Malsby, Angelina, 125, 162, 
169, 189, 192, 223, 
232. 234 
Maulsby, Ann, 82, 92, 93, 
104, 105, 125, 126. 
127, 153 
Malsby, Ann, 233 
Maltby, Ann, 357, 358, 359 
Malsbury, Anna, 77 



*In seeking any Maulsby name, look under the various spellings. The list has 
been arranged in the alphabetical order of the first names, but sometimes the diiTerent 
spelling of the last name separates the references to a given person. 



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INDEX OF PERSONS 



129, 



125 



Maulsby, Anna C, 130 
Malsby, Anna H., 285 
Maulsby, Anna Jeanes, 150 
Maltby, Anna M., 359 
Maulsby, Anne, 118 
Malsbury, Annie, 77 
Maultsby, Anthony, 67 
Maulsby, Anthony, 76 
Maltby, Apphia, 357 
Maulsby, Archibald G., 131 

Augustus, 128, 27i 

Augustus C, 272 

Y^iugustus F.,130, 132 

Augustus J., 13 1 

baby, 131 

liarnabas, 15-1. 155 

Barnaby, 52 

Maulsby, Benjamin, 2, 67, 82 

Malsby, Benjamin, 87, 88, 89 

Maulsby, Benjamin, 90, 107, 

117, 120, 126, i27, 

128, 130, 131 

Benjamin H., 
130. 131 

Benny, 110 

Betsy, 117 

Betsy Harrison 
Betsy K., 124 

Bettie L., 273 

Beulak M., 273 
Maltby, Brough,357, 358, 359 
Maulsby, Camilla A., 131 
Malsbuiy, Carrie, 77 
Maltby, Catherine, 18 
Malteby, Catherine, 21 
Malsby, Catherine, 229, 274 
Malsbuiy, Catherine, 304 
Maulsby, Charlotte A., 129, 
131 

Charlotte E., 118 
Maltby, Charles, 36, 357, 359 

Charles F., 358 
Charles H., 360 
Maulsby, Charles Hall, 117 

Charles L., 130, 132 
Maltby, Charles L., 359 
Maltby, C. W., 35 

Christian, 18 

Christopher, 18, 19, 
20, 21 
Maulsby, Clarence B., 125 
Maltby, Clayton, 36 
Malsbury, Clinton, 77 
Maltby, Constance, 18 
Maulsby, Cynthia, 106 
Maltby, Daniel, 31, 328 
Maulsby, David, 2, 4 
Malsby, David, 5 
Maulsby, David, 5 
Malsby, David, 7 
Maulsby, David, 9 
Malsby, David, 9 
Maltby, David, 40, 43, 49 
Maulsby, David, 51 
Malsby, David, 53, 62 
Maulsby, David, 64 
Malsby, David, 67 
Malsbuiy, David, 77 
Maulsby, David, 77 
Malsby, David, 80 



Maulsby, David, 82, 85, 87 
189 

Maulsby, David, 92 

Maulsby, David, 97, 102, 106, 
113 

Malsby, David, 114 

Maulsby, David, 126 

Malsby David, 158, 159, 161, 
162, 163, 165, 166, 
167, 169, 170, 171, 
172, 173, 174, 175, 
176, 178, 180, 185, 
188, 191, 193, 213, 
214, 215, 216, 219, 
221, 223, 224, 227. 
228 

Maulsby, David, 229 

Malsby, David, 231, 233, 234, 
269, 271, 274, 275 

Maulsby, David, 276 

Malsby, David. 282, 283, 284, 
285, 286, 295, 301, 
303, 304, 345 

Maulsby, David Lee, 7 

Malsby, David Lee, 269, 271 

Maulsby, David L., 272, 273 

Malsby, David M., 285 

Malsbury, Dollie, 77 

Maulsby, Ebenezer, 93 

Ebenezer (David), 

104, 108 
Edith, 90 

Maltsby, Edith, 229 

xMaulsby, Edith, 141 

Maltby, Edward, 31 

Malsbury, Edward, 77 

Maltby, Edward, 358, 360 

Rt. Rev. Edward, 21 

Maulsby, Edwin S., 130, 132 
Elaine V.'., 273 
Eleanor, 11, 67, 82 

Malsby, Eleanor, 87, 89 

Maulsby, Eleanor, 90, 91, 92, 
93, 104, 106, 113, 
117, 126, 140, 141 

Maltby, Elinor, 35 

Elizabeth, 18, 31, 35, 
36, 40 

Maulsby, Elizabeth, 57 

Maltby, Elizabeth, 66 

Malsbury, Elizabeth, 77 

Maulsbv, Elizabeth, 90, 92 
113, 125, 131, 136, 
138, 141, 145, 154, 
155 

Maltby, Elizabeth, 357, 358 

Maulsbv.Elizabeth 11., 124 
Elizabeth, M., 131 
Elizabeth O., 131 
Elizabeth P., 140, 
141, 142, 155 

Mallsby, Eliza, 50 
Malsbv, Eliza. 271 

Ellis C, 285 
Malsbuiy, Elwood, 77 
Maulsby, Elwood, 148, 152 
Malsbuiy, Ella, 77 
Malsby, Emily, 271 

Maulsby, Emily N., 125 

Emily v., 129, 130 



Maltby, Everilda, 18, 20 
Maulsby, Ezra, 108 

Florence G., 273 
Malsby. Frances, 162, 191, 

192, 216, 219, 228, 

229 232 
Maulsby, Francis A., 234, 272 
Maulsby, Frances A., 275, 

276, 280 
Malsbury, Frank, 77 
Maulsby, Fred, 127 
Maltby, Frederick, 360 
Maulsay, Frederic ()., 130, 

132 
Maltby, George, 18, 19, 32, 

35, 36 
Maulsby, George, 128, 148. 

152 
Maltby, Gecrge, 357, 359, 360 

George E., 31 
Maulsby, George J., 129, 131 
Maltby, George L., 358 
Maulsby, George, M.D., 2, 3, 

4 
George S., 273 
George W., 272 
Maltby, Gilbert, 18 
Maulsby, Hananiah, 127 

Hannah, 87, 92, 143, 

144, 145, 148 
Malsbey, Hannah, 153 
Maulsby, Hannah, 154 
Malsby, Hannah C, 285 
Maulsby, Hannah Eliz.,117, 

120 
Harriet B., 117, 121 
Hrrriet W., 272 
Malsbuiy, Harry, 77 
Maulsby, Harry L., 130 
Malsbuiy, Helen, 77 
Maltby. Henry, 18, 359, 360 
Maulsby, Henry H., 125 

Hezekiah, 127 
Malsbury, Howard, 77 
Maulsby, Icie V., 131 
Ida M., 131 
laa L., 150 
Ira C, 108 
Maltby, Isabel de. 19 
Maulsby, Israel D., 2, 7. 114. 

117, 120, 121, 125. 

215 
Maulsby. Israel D., M. D., 

117 
Israel L., 117 
Malsbuiy, James, 77 
Maulsby. James. 106 

Tames B. G., 27.! 
Maltby, Jane, 20, 31 
Malsbury, Jane. 77 
Maulsby, Jane, 125, 126, 127 
Maltbv, Tane, 358, 359 
Maulsby." Tane H . 120, 121 
Maulsby, John. 3, 9 
Maltby, John, 31 
Maltesby, John, 34 
Maltby. John, 35, 40, 49, 61 
Maulsby, John, 66, 82, 83. 

"87, 90, 92 
Maultsby, John, 67, 68, 69, 

70, 74, 75, 76, 81 
Malsby, John, 93 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



375 



Maulsby, John, 95, 99, 102, 

103, 104 106, 108, 

109, 125, 126, 127. 

128, 137, 138, 140 
Malsby, John, 141 
Maltesby, John, 150 
Malsby, John, 191, 195, 214, 

216, 219, 220, 221 
Maulsby, John, 275 
Malsby, John, 303, 304 
Maltby, John, 357, 358, 359 
Maulsby, John C. 105 
Maltby, John de, 18 
Maulsby, John H., 107, 154, 

155 
John Hall, 117 
Malsby, John Langharne, 10, 

67. 
Malsby, John L., 162, 167. 

169, 171, 192, 19J. 

195, 215, 216, 217, 

218, 220, 231, 239, 

282, 283 
Maalsby, John L., 284 
Malsby, John L., 285 
Maulsby, John W., 129, 130 
Maltby, Jonathan, 31 
Maulsby, Jonathan, 147, 148, 

149, 154, 155 
Maulsby, Joseph, 67 
Maltby, Joseph, 76 
Maulsby, Joseph, 104 
Malsby, Kitherine, 191, 216 
Maulsby, Larkin, 107 
Malsbury, Lawrence, 77 
Maulsby, Lawrence, 132 

Lawrence S., 130 
Lawson B., 128, 129. 

130. 131 
Lemuel, 102, 106, 

127 
Malsbury, Lewis, 77 
Maulsby, Lewis, 107 
Malsbury, Lottie, 77 
Maulsby, Louisa E., 129, 130 

Louisa M.. 134 
Malsby, Lcuise, 285 
Malsbury, Lucinda, 77 
Maulsby. Lucinda, 108 
.Maulsby; Lydia, 83, 88, 92, 

93, 95. 99, 102, 

103, 104, 107, 1 

109 
Malsby, Lydia, 283 
Maulsby, Lydia C, 284 
Malsbury, Mabel, 77 
Maulsby, Macy B.. 108 
Malsbury, Mahlon, 77 
Maulsby, Malinda, 108 

Margaret, 113, 114, 

140. 141 
Malsby, Margaret, 283 
Maulsby, Margaret A., 273 
Margaret M., 117 
Malsby. Margaret S., 284 
Maltby, Maria, 358, 359 
Marie B., 272 
Marie K., 273 
Mary, 3 
Malsby, Mary, 5, 9 
Maltby, Mary, 19, 31, 33, 

36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 

41, 42, 



Maltby, Mary, 44, 50, 63, 66 
Maultby, Mary, 43 
Maultsby, Mary, 67 68, 69, 

76 
Malsbuiy, Mary, 77 
Maultsby, Mary, 81 
Maulsby, Mary, 102 
Maultsby, Mary, 138 
Malsby. Mary, 162, 169, 171. 
172, 173, 174, 175, 
185, 191, 192, 197, 
216, 2ir, 218, 119, 
228, 229, 2^5, 239. 
274, 282, 283, 284, 
285 
Maulsby. Mary, 304 
Maltby, Mary, 335, 357 

Mary A., 358, 35^; 
Malsbury. Mary Ann, 77 
Malsbv, Mary Coale, 10 
Maulsby, Mary Coidelia, 117, 
120 
Mary E., 273 
Malsby, Mary F., 271 
Maulsby, J^ary F.. 2^3 
Malsby, Mary Laughaine. 
159, 163, 165, 166, 
.67, 16f:. 169, 180 
189, 191, 193, 213, 
223, 224, 227, 231, 
234 
Maltby, Mary L., 360 
.Malsby, Mary Laugharne, 

269 
Maulsby, Mary L., 272 
Malsby, Mary L., 282, 286, 

295 
Maulsby, Mary Lethe, 129, 131 
Maltby, Mary Rodes, 159 
Mary R., 324, 327. 
334 
Maulsby, Mary S., 125 
Maltby. Dame Mary, 21 
Maulsby, Marissa. 107 

Martha, 148, 150 
Matilda, 109, 150 
Maltby, Matthew de, 18 
Maulsby, Merchant, 3, 11 
Maltby, Merchant, 39, 40, 49 
Maulsby, Merchant, 57 
Maltbv, Merchant, 61, 63, 67 
:Maulsby, Merchant, 69, 76, 

80, 90, 91, 136 
Maultsby, Merchant, 81 
Maltsby, Merchant, 137 
Maulsby, Merchant, 138, 139, 

140, 141, 142, 143, 
144, 145, 146, 148, 
149, 152, 153, 154. 
155. 158 

Malsbv. Merchant, 162 
Maulsby, Merchant, 182 
Malsby, Merchant, 345 
Maltby, Michael, 358 
Malsbury, Mildred, 77 
Maulsby, Minerva M., 105 

Morris, 7, 8, 11, 
Maltby, Morris, 63 
Maulsby, Morris, 67, 82, 90, 
91, 137, 138, 140, 

141, 144. 154, 182, 
183, 189 



r\Ialsbv, Morris, 191. 215, 

216, 227, 229 
Maulsby, Morris, 232 
Malsby, Morris, 269, 271 
Maulsby, Morris, 272 274 
Malsby, Morris, 304 
Maulsby, Morris L., 273 
-Malsbury, Myra, 77 
Malsby, Myron John, 285 
.Maulsby, Nancy, 106 
Malsbuiy, Nathan Lewis 77 
Maltby, Sir Nicholas, 32' 
Malsbuiy, Oliver, 77 
Malsby, Pamela, 191, 213, 

216, 274 
Maulsby, Pamelia. 275 
Malsby, Pamela, 304 
Maulsby, Philip. 273 

Philip H., 272. 273 

Philip M. 272 
.Malsbury, Rachel, 77 
;\Ialsby, 192, 217, 219 
.Maltby. Rachel, 359 
Malsby, Rachel M., 285 
Maltby, Rebecca, 36 
Malsby, Rebecca, 269 
Maulsby, Rebecca, 273 
Malsby, Rebecca S., 271 
Maulsby, Richard, 32 
-Malsby, Richard, 34 
Maltby, Richaid, 328 

Rcbert, IS 
.Maulsby, Robert, 127 

Roger N., 124, 125 

Roland, 272 
Maltby Rowland, 358 
Maulsby, Rosanna, 90 
Malsby. Rosanna, 214 
Maltby, Rcse, 67 
Malsby, Rose, 79 
Maulsby, Rose, 82, 83 
Mal.'-by, Rose, 87 
Maulsby, Rose, 8S 
Malsby, Rose, 89 
Maulsby, Rose, 103, P.3 
Malsby, Rose, 141, 218. 345 
Maulsby, Royal P., 272 
Mahby, Samuel, 31 
Maulsby, Samuel, 58, 59, 60, 
64, 137, 138, 139, 
140, 142, 143, 145, 
146, 147, 148, 149 
Alaltby. Samuel, 357, 358, 

359 
Maulsby, Sarah, 9k, 104, 105, 

107. 127, 155 
Malsby, Sarah, 191, 215, 229 
Maulsby. Sarah, 234 
Malsby, Sarah, 269, 274 
Maulsby, Sarah, 275 
Malsby, Sarah Ann, 271 
MauLsby, Sarah A., 277 

Sarah lane, 117, 118 

Saiah R., 216 
-Maltby, Sophia, 358, 359 
Malsbury, Susan, 77 
Maulsby, Susan, 149 
Maulsbv, Susanna, 92, 93, 

104, 150 
Maulsby, Tabitha A., 129, 
130 



376 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



Malsby, Tamar, 162, 192, 
221, 223, 224, 227, 
287 
Maltby, Thomas, 36 
Alalsbury, Thomas, 77 
Maulsby, Thomas, 105 
Maltby, Thomas, 357, 358 
Maulsby, Capt. Thomas A., 
127, 128, 129, 130, 
131, 133, 3o4 
Thomas C. B., 130 
Maltby Thomas de, 18 
Maulsby, Thomas N., 130 
Thomas l\, 107 
Virginia, 131 
M^alter, 131 
Malsby, Wheeler, 7, 9, 67, 
162, 170, 189, '92, 
198, 214, 227, 228 
Maulsby, Wheeler, 229, 274 
Malsby, Wheel'-r, 301, 304 
Maulsby, Wilbur C, 273 
Maltby, V\ illiam, i 
Maulsby, William, 4 
Maltby, William, 31, i2, 33 
Maulsby, William, 34 
Maltby, William, 35, 36, 39 
40, 41, 42, 43, 49 
Malsby, William, 53 
Maltby, William, 61, 63, 64, 

66, 67 
Maultsby, William, 69 
Malsbury, William, 77 
Malsby, William, 79, 80 
Maltsby, William, 81 
Maulsby, William, 82, S3 
Malsby, William, 84, 86, 87 
Maulsby, William, 85, 88 
Maltby, William, 89 
Maulsby, William, 90, 91, 92 
Malsby, William, 93 
Maulsby, William, 103, 104, 

105, 113, 108, 125 
Malsby, William, 126 
Maulsby, William, 127, 128, 

129, 130, 131, 137, 

138, 139, 140 
Malsby, William, 141, 142 
Maulsby, William, 152, 153, 

154, 158 
Maltby, William, 159 
Maulsby, William. 162 
Malsby, William, 214, 218 
Maltby, William, 320 
Molltbey, William, 328 
Maltbv, William, 334, 340 
Malsby, William, 345 
Maltby, William, 357, 358 

William de, 18, 19 
Maulsby, William M., 106 

William P., 2, 7, 10, 

67, 117, 121, 122, 
123, 124, 125, 126, 
127, 184 

William P., Jr., 125 
William S.. 272 

Maltby, William S., 359 

Malteby, Xtofer, 21 

Mann, Maiy, 286 

Manning, I^orcas, 112 

Mansell, Jr.ne, 190 

Manvers, Earl, 35 

Margraft", Agnes, 120 



Maris, Richard, 144 
Markell, Liiarlotte, 2, 131 
Markham, William, 42, 43, 

45, 356 
Marpel, Enoch, 145 
David, 145 
Maish, Amos, 85 
Eliza, 202 
Hannah, 202 
John, 202 
James, 85 
Maigaret, 85 
Ziila, 85 
Marshill, Jacob, 109 
John, lOy 
Margaret, 109 
Mai shall, Minerva, 108 
Marshill, Rebecca, 109 
William, 109 
Marston, Henry G., 340 
Marten, Fanny, 235 
Mai tenet, Anna C, 281 

Clarissi F., 298 
Edwin J., 281 
Ella Laughariie, 
11,276, 279, 281 
Eugene M., 2S1 
George W., 280, 

281 
Marja A., 11 
Marjorie, 177 
Marjorie D., 281 
Mildred R., 281 
Oscar C, 281 
Simon J., 298 
Martin, Akesta, 287 
Betty, 120 
George, 58, 147 
Marton, Thomas de, 18 

Ann, 20 
Mary Queen of Scots, 313 
Masham, ffrancis, 37 
Mason, Ann, 232, 235. 303 
James, 304 
Jane, 214 
John, 195, 196, 229, 

233, 234, 235, 303 
Judge John W., :32, 
133, 364 
Masterson, John, 147 
Matlack, Bowen, 247 
Mather, Annie L., 148 
Matthews, Dorothy, 304 

Edward R., 285 
Esther M., 285 
George, 235 
Joshua, 251, 284 
Joshua R., 284 
Lydia, 251 
Mary E., 285 
Rachel M., 10 
Rebecca, 2S4 
Samuel H., 284 
Sarah, 235 
Thomas, 196, 302 
Thomas O., 284 
Walter, 284 
William D. F.,284 
Maule, Edith M., 253 

Margaret H., 242 
Philip K., 253 
William, 253 



Maxwell, Hugh, 109 
May, James A., 158 
Mary Ellen, 138 
Mayhew, Thomas, 97 
Mendenhall, Christianna, 107 
Isaiah, 107 
Jacob, 202 
John C., 107 
Meredith, David, 54 

Esther S., 285 
Evan, 136 
James, 284 
John M., 284 
Lewis C, 284 
Lydia E., 284 
Margaret, 284 
Sabina, 284 
Thomas C, 284 
Michener, Anna M., 256 
Charles 256 
Cyrus, 256 
C. Raymond, 256 
Rachel, 77 
Mifflin Benjamin, 69 
Miles, Thomas, 302 
Millholand, Mary C, 267 
Miliington, Annie, 265 
Ellen, 265 
Elizabeth, 265 
Frances H., 265 
George M . 265 
John M., 265 
Margaret, 265 
Mary, 240 
Mary R., 265 
Matthias, 240, 265 
Mills, Abel, 283, 284 
Ann, 106 
Benjamine, 106 
David, 106 
Elizabeth T., 108 
Jane, 106 
John, 99, 106, 110 
Lydia, 106 
Moses, 108 
Rachel, 109, 110 
Sally Ann, 106 
Samuel, 106 
Sophia, 106 
Sarah, 100, 110 
William, 105, 106 
Zerelda, 108 
Milnes, Richard, 317 
Milton, John, 320 
Mitchell, Fannie E.. 292 
John, 202 
Nancy, 106 
Robert C, 292 
Tacy, 202, .235 
Monroe, Ada E. M., 291 
David, 169 
David M., 291 
Harry L., 291 
John L., 291 
Lucretia P., 8, 291 
Mary L., 9 
Virginia, 291 
Moore, Ann, 197 

Edgar H., 255 
Hannah, 77 
Hibbard. 255 
Jessie H., 255 
John, 336 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



377 



Moore, Mary R., 2S7 

Nicholas, 45, 161, 3S6 

Sarah, 105 

Sibilla, 257 

Ziba, 257 

Morgan, Esther, 51 

Thomas, 64 

William T., 164, 165 

Morley, Robert, 19 

Morris, Anthony, 44, 46, 137 

Israel, 229, 304 

John, 31, 201 

Joshua, 137 

Martha, 235 

Phebe, 137 

Richard, 81 

Samuel, 137, 345 

Sarah, 225, 229 

Morrison, John, 229 

Morse, Anthony, 111 

Charles R., 263 

Mary. Ill 

Morthland, Ann, 124 

Mosher, Edgar C. 253 

Enima C, 253 

Frankie, 253 

Moss, Esther, 31 

Mott, James, 168 

Lucretia, 64, 250 
Mowld. Tohan, 307 
"John, 307 
Mumnia, Catherine, 273 
Murdoch, Hannah, 358 
McAlarney, Katharine H., 266 
Margaret R.,268 
William, 265 
William M., 266 
McBlair, Charles R., 292 
McCausland, Eliz., 215 
McClean, William, 175 
McComas, James, 223 
Moses, 223 
William, 229 
McConkey, James, 289 
McConnell, Ann, 228 
Anna, 300 
Charles, 300 
Eliza H., 300 
Frances, 8, 9, 67, 
171, 184, 230, 
231, 282, 295, 
300, 301 
Frances L., 299 
Hester, 300 
S. C, 298 
Isaiah C, 183, 

300 
Isaiah, 7 
James, 192, 298, 

300 
James O., 229, 

230 
James W., 299 
Mary, 192, 229, 

230. 295, 296 
Nicholas C, 300 
Sal lie C, 300 
Sarah, 274 
Sarah C, 298 



McConnell, Samuel, 6, 162, 
184, 192, 228, 
229, 230, 231, 
282, 295, 296, 
300, 301 
S. R., 4, 298, 299, 
300, 301 
McCoy, Andrew, 202, 238 
McCoy, Ann,l 99, 2C0, 202, 203 
Isaac, 202 

Joseph, 199, 200, 
201, 202, 233, 235, 
238, 241 
Martha, 202 
Mary, 202, 238 
McDonald, William, 239 
McDougal, Judge Henry C, 

133, 134 
McGowan, James, 288 

Alargaret,237, 288 
Mcintosh. Sarah, 360 
McKew, Denis I., 290 
Helen B., 290 
Victorine, 290 

McKini, , 64 

McLean, Archibald. 175 

Donald, 124, 125 
McLauiin, Rev. J., 153 
McMillan, Ann, 250 
Enos, 250 
Ernest, 299 
George, 84 
Jacob, 250 
Joel, 299 
Jonathan, 85 
Joseph, 250 
Ruth, 250 
Sarah, 250. 2^9 
Susanna, 250 
MePheison. General, 263 
Nanhorn, Gabriel, 221 
Nelson, Anna M., 121 

Comfort W., 121 
Emily C. C. T.. 117, 

12' 
Harriet M.. 121 
Hon. John, 122 
Louise D., 120 
Judge Madison, 124 
Margaret W., 120 
Mary AL, 120 
Mildred, 119 
Samuel, 109 
Sarah. 117 
William B., 120, 121 
William B., Jr., 120 
William H., 121 
Nevil, Dame Mary, 305 
Newcomer, Bathsheba, 240 
Beatrice K.. 252 
David, 184, 262 
Edwin B., 252 
Esther A., 252 
Maria Kent, 252 
Newlin, Nath.. 161 
Newman. Lillian M., 272 
Newton, Richard, 290 
Sir John, 21 
Nicholls, \ Dorothy, 20 
Nichols yjohn, 20 

Laura E., 130 
Samuel, 334 



Nicholson, John, 202 
Noel, William L., 263 
Nolley, Ellis S., 293 

Ralph F., 293 
Norny, Andrew, 146, 147 
Norris, Edward, 229 

John, 200 
Norton, Benham, 346 
Nunemaker, Abraham, 138 

Isabel, 138, 140, 

155 
Samuel, 155 
O'Brien, Albert D., 120 
Albert H., 120 
Almira P., 120 
Charles, 120 
John, 120 
Mary M., 120 
OfFut, Milton W., 292 
Offutt. T. Scott. 119 
Ogden, Elizabeth, 129. 130 
Phebe flail, 129 
William R., 129 
Ogg. Laban. 176, 193. 210 
O'Laughlen, Carrie S., 272 
Eliz. W., 272 
Margaret A., 272 
Maria C, 272, 

273 
Mary A., 272 
Maulsby H., 272 
Michael, 273 
Overton K., 272 
Phil, 272 
Samuel W.,272, 
273 
Oliphant, Prof. S. G., 356 
Orr, Angelina, 6, 9. 67, 185, 
229, 231, 233. 282, 301 
James, 7. 8, 9, 125, 162 
169, 183, 185, 188, 192, 
229. 231, 232, 233. 269 
Osborn. Charles, 64, 99, 100 
Otto. John. 146 
Ouldham, John, 37 
Owen, Frances, 190 

Thomas. 54 
Owens, Ann, 360 
Owings, Samuel, 176 
Page, Alice, 321 
Painter, Samuel, 234 
Palmer, David, 31 

Ellis M., 285 
Esther. 44 
John R., 285 
Pardoe, Hester, 222 
John C, 222 
Joseph, 222 
Lucy. 222 
Mary, 222 
Peter. 222 
Rebecca. 222 
Sarah. 222 
Susanna, 222 
Parker, Elizabeth. 31. 67. 136 

John, 136 
Parlett. Clara E., 252 
Parr, Albert F., 294 
Alccsta, 222 
Angelina, 291. 292 
Ann. 224, 225, 287, 298 
Annie, 292 



378 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



Parr, Annie E., 292 
Annie I,., 292 
Augustus, 287 
Caleb, 225, 236 
Carrie L., 287 
Catherine. 19 
Catherinf.- B., 290 
Charles E., 290, 292, 

293 
Charl(;s IT., 291, 294 
Charles M., 293 
Charles McK., 290 
Charlotte, 237 
Charlotte L., 287 
Clara E., 293 
Clarissa, 297 
David, 7, 8, 9, 192, 

222, 224, 229, 237, 

286, 287, 288, 289 
David Preston, 6, 169, 

269, 291, 292 
D. Preston, Jr., S, 222 
Edward, 287 
Ella, 290 
Elisha, 7, 9, 192, 224, 

286, 287. 288, 291, 
292, 293, 294 

Elizabeth, 287 
Elizabeth Preston, 291 
Elizabeth P., 292, 293 
p:inily W.. 289 
Ethel E., 293 
Fanny, 287 
Florence L., 293 
Florence M., 292 
Frances E., 288 
Frank O., 292 
George, 224 
George H., 290 
George M., 290 
Hattie, 287 
Henry A., 289 
Henry M., 294 
Henry, W., 287 
Hnam W.. 287 
Israel M., 289, 290 
James, 9, 162 192, 221, 
222, 223, 224, 286, 

287, 288, 291 
James L., 289 
Job, 224 
John, 7, 9, 192, 222, 

224, 286, 298 
Tchn E., 289 
John H., 291. 293 
John L., 287 
John N., 294 
Joseph L., 292, 293 
Joshua, 227 
Katherine B., 292 
Lawrence, 287 
Lee, 290 
Delia F., 294 
Lelia J., 293 
Liddia, 227 
Lotta v., 293 
Lucie, 292 
Lucretia, 6 



Maggie, 6 

Margaret, 222, 224, 225, 

226, 227, 237, 289, 

290 



Parr, Margaret A., 287 
Margaret J., 287 
Maria L., 288, 291 
Mary, 287, 290 
Mary A., 287 
Mary B., 237 
Mary K., 292 
Mary P., 292 
Myrtle R., 293 
Nancv, 227 
Nathp.niel, 227 
Nellie, 287 
Nellie M., 293 
Noel H., 294 
Paui. 297 
Rebecca. 294 
Robert A., 287 
Rosalie, 287 
Samuel, 224, 226, 227 
Sarah, 287 
Selar James, 287 
Silas M., 293 
Sophia, 286, 298 
Susannah E., 287 
Susie F., 287 
Tamar, 7, 67, 169, 221, 

222, 286, 288, 291 
Teresa. 287 
William, 221, 225, 226, 

227, 290 
William F., 29C 
William L., 294 
William W., 293 
Parrish, Nicholas, 234 

William, 232, 302 
Parrott. M. J., 279 
Parry, David, 172, 173 
Jane, 161 
"John, 174 

Stephen, 171. 172, 173 
Thomas, 161, 171, 172, 
173 
Parsons, Ann, 232 
John, 235 
Rvth, 235 
Tace, 304 
Paschall, Thomas, 341 
Patterson, Rev. John, 12S 
Patty, Harvey, 108 
Mary, lOS 
Rach-l. 108 
Paul, M. M., 48 
Paulet, Joliin Lord, 21 
Paxton T., 250 
Payne, Cora M.. 1. 109 
Peale. Rembrandt, 265. 268 
Peaison, Ann. 25C 
Peart, E., 250 
Peasley, Joseph, 111 

Mary, 111, 112 
Sarah. Ill 
Pemberton, Israel, 344 
Tames, 344 
Sarah, 344 
Penn, John, 86 
J. A., 331 
Letitia, 330 
William, 39, 42, 49, 
60, 61, 71, 159, 161, 
173, 320, 321, 330, 
331, 332, 333, 341, 
356 
Penniman, Lucretia B., 265 



Penock, Christopher, 356 
Penrose, William, 86 
Pentz, Agnes S., 272 
Annie, 157 
Annie F., 297 
Annie L., 297 
Chailes B., 297 
Charles McK., 297 
Emory McK., 297 
Florence G., 298 
Isabelle S.. 297 
Letha G., 297 
Margaret A. 272 
Maria C, 298 
Mary L., 297. 298 
Philip H., 272 
Samuel E.. 297 
Perry, Thomas, 356 
Persons, John. 44 
Peterkin, Rev.. 290 
Peters, Edith M., 257 

Eleanor M., 257 
Elizabeth M., 257 
Esther v., 257 
Margaret, 44 
Rice, 44 
Wallace V., 257 
Zachariah T.. 257 
Pettit. Nathaniel. 360 
Peverill, William, 305 
Phillips, Katherine, 190 

William. 280 
Philip, John, 82 
Philpot, William. 41 
Pickering, Samuel, 106 
Piggott, Benjamin. 109 
Pigman, Henrietta. 125 
Pike, Abigail, 109 
Margaret, 109 
Mary, 109 
John, 109 
Robert, 57 
Pile, William, 97 
Pindell Arthur Yellott, I 
Rev. A. T., 119 
Clelland N., 119 
David S.. 1 19 
Jai.e Maulsby. IIS 
John. 119 
Laura M.. 119 
Thomas A., 119 
William B., 119 
Pinkney, William, 121 
Pitt. Lucy A., 265 
Plummer, Mary J., 107 
Plumstead, William, 69 
Polk, James K., 123 
Pomeroy, S. C. 279 
Pope, Ann, 290 

Folger. 290 
General, 135 
Henry A., 290 
Mary B., 290 
Mary R.. 252 
Portland. Duke of, 314 
Potter, Joseph, 37, 330 

Sarah, 31 
Potts, Hester. 142, 146 
Joseph, 144, 146 
Mary, 146 
Nathan, 142, 147 
Robert T., 46 
Powell, James T., 272 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



379 



Powers Louise, 119 
Powell, Mattie, 263 
Sarruel, 44 
William, 44, 341 
Pownall, Sarah, 360 
Presbury, George, 212 
Preston, David, 8 

Elizabeth, 8 
Pretymsn, George T., 35"J 

Richard, 3S9 
Price, Anna, 6 

Anna M., 299 
Charles, 149 
Daniel, 114 
Edith, 299 
Dr. Emmor H., 300 
Emmor H., 298 
Isaac, 54, 59 
Joel, 299 
John, 196 
Mary, 197 
Philip, 44 
Rice, 108 
Sallie C, 6, 7 
Sally, 108 
Susannah, 108 
Wat wick, 304 
Prickett, Chester C, 255 
Eleanor S., 256 
Esther G , 256 
Tesse C, 256 
Josiah. 256 
Mary H., 256 
Proctor, Izak, 203 
Issac, 202 
Rebecca, 202 
Proud's History, 51 
Pugh, Ellis, 54, 56 
Putnell, William, 125 
Pyle, Grace, 216 

Nathan, 216 
Quinn, William. 106 
Ouisenherry, Edward S., 107 
Mary T., 107 
Matilda, 107 
Radley, Anne, 21 
Rainsted, Joseph, 39 
Ramsey, Alice, 149 

Frank, 149 
Ratclifif, John, 109 
Rawle, Francis, 54, 68 

William, 343 
Reardon, John, 113 
Reaston, Cornelius H., 321 
Reckless, Benjamin, 333 
Reckord, Mabbett K.. 29> 

William H., 298 
Redman, Dr., 226 
Rees, Catharine, 80 

Edward, 44, 80 
Ellen, 80, 162, 345 
Hannah, 80, 345 
Jane, SO, 142 
John, 60, 80, 81, 162, 

233, 345 
John E., 235 
Mr., 188 
, , 178 



ir- • • 
Rccs, Rose, 4, 79, 92, 138, 
142, 162 
Sarah, 162, 191, 213, 
214 
Reese, Agnes, 290 
Aquila. 76 
Arnoldine, 290 
Eli, 106 
Ella, 290 

Frederick F., 290 
John S., 290 
Louise. 290 
Mary, 290 
Sarah, 275 
Reid, Lida, 272 

Reiger, . 227 

Rempstone, Robert, 310 
Rencher. Joseph, 221 
Renshaw, James, 205 
Reynolds, Deborah, 107 
Elijah, 107 
Ruth, 106 
Sarah, 105 
Sarah J., 107 
*Rhoads, Abigail, 346, 347, 

348 
Rhoades, Abraham, 80 
Rhoads, Abraham, 162 
Rhoades, Abraham, 339 
Rhoads, Abraham. 342, 345 

Acquila, 331 
Roades, Adam, 38, 39 
Rhoads, Adam, 41 
Roads, Adam, 41 
Roades. Adam. 43. 44, 49, 

51 
Rhoades, Adam, 68 
Rhodes, Adam, 308 
Roades, Adam, 320, 330 
Rhoades, Adam, 335 
Roades, Adam, 336, 337, 339 
Rhoads, Adam, 340 

Alex. McC. 331 
Alice S., 340 
Amanda, 340 
Rhodes, Ann 84, 152 
Rhoads, Ann, 342 

Anne. 345 
Annie, 342 
Anthony, 331 
Barnabas, 340, 341 
Roades. Barnabas, 342 
Rhoads, Benj.. 347 
Roades, Catherine, 330 
Rhoads Catherine, 342 

Charles, 342, 346 
Rhodes, Ellen, 80 
Rhoads, Ellen, 342 
Roades, Elizabeth. 37 
Rhoads, Elizabeth, SO 
Roades, Elizabeth, 327 
Roads, Elizabeth, 332 
Roades. Elizabeth, 339 
Rhoads, Elizabeth, 340, 342, 
345, 347 
E.sther, 345, 346 
Evan, 347 
Ezekiel, 342, 345, 
346 



Rhodes, Sir Francis, 305 

Roades, Hannah, 336, 339 

Rhoads, Hannah, 340, 342, 
344, 347 
Henry, 331 
Isaac, 80, 345, 347 
Issacher, 342 

Roades, Jacob, 44 

Rhoads, Jacob, 80 

Rhodes. Jacob, 152 

Roads, Jpcob, 162 

Roades, Jacob, 335, 339 

Rhoads, Jacob, 342, 345 
James, 347 
Jane, 347 

Roades, John, 37. 38, 41, 43, 
44, 49 

Rhoads, John, 54 

Roadts, John, 57 

Rhoades,' John, 59, 68 

Rhoads, John, 80, 160 

Roades, John, 324, 325, 326, 
327 

Roads, John, 328, 330 

Roades, John, 331 

Roads, John. 332 

Roades, John, 333 

Roads, John, 334 

Roades, John, 335. 336, 337, 
338. 339 

Rhoads, John, 340, 341, 345. 
346, 347 

Roades. Joseph, 49, 51, 321 

Rhoads, Joseph, 334. 335 

Roades, Joseph, 336, 337, 339 

Rhoads, Joseph. 340, 342, 346, 
347 
T. E., 348 
Joseph H.. 321 
"T. Howard, 340 
Joseph R., il. 328, 

340 
J. Snowden, 346 
Leal,, 347 
Martha. 331 

Rhodes. Margaret. 345 

Roades, Mary. 36. 37, 66 

Roads, Mary. 327 

Roades, Mary, 339 

Rhoads, Mary, 340. 34L 346. 
347 
Mori is. 342 

Rhoads, Naomi, 340 

Priscilla. 3^] 
Rachel. 340. 347 
Rebecca, 347 

Roades. Richa'-d, 41 

Rhodes Richard. 321 

Rhoads. Richard, 331 

Rhoads. Roxannah. 345 

Samuel, 160, 340 

341, 342. 343. 344 

Samuel Nicholson, 

11, 320, 528, 333, 

346, 356 

Roades, Sarah, 49 

Rhoads, Sarah. 331 

Roades, Sarah 336, 339 



*For a member of the Rhoades family, consult the various spellings. All but the 
spelling Rodes are arranged alphabetically under the first names. The spelling Rodes 
are similarly arranged below. 



380 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



Rhoads, Sarah, 340 ,- 

Thomas. 331 
William, 331 
Rice, Corbetta. 1S7 
Rich, Dr. Frank, 119 
Richard T. 305 
Richard II, 309 
Richanson, Wdham, 235 
Richardson, Edward, 34 
Nath., 212 
Rickerd, Alcinda, 293 
Ridgood, Elizabeth, 202 
Ritchie, Albert, 125 
Alberta, 125 
Anne M , 1.35 
Betty M., 121. 125 
Catharine, 125 
Edith, 125 
Eleanor N., 125 
E-nily Nelson, 125 
Georgia, 118 
Georgie J., 125 
Henrietta H., 125 
Jane Hall, 125 
"John, 125 
Capt. John. 123 
Judge John, 124 
Lynn Ursula, ,125 _ 
Margaret Davis, 125 
Mary H., 125 
Roger N., 125 
William M., 125 
Willey M., 125 
Rittenhouse, David, 58 ^ 
Roberts, Ellwood, 12, 143 
Edward, 75 
Margaret, 238 
Mary, 51, 66 
Mildred, 96 
Robertson, Elizabeth, 202 
Robeson, William, 209 
Robinson, Charles, 335 
C, 279 
John W., 279 
Patrick, 41, 42, 43 
Rachel, 157 
Temperance, 234 
William, 176 
Rodes, Adam, 42, 307. 308 
Anne. 307. 313, 322 
Atheline, 307, 313 
Lady Berta de. 306 
Berta, 308 
Brigit, 313 
Charles, 322 
Clifton. 322, 323, 326 
Ciceley, 307, 313 
.Sir Edward. 316, 317 
Elizabeth, 307, 308, 

313, 315, 322, 325 
Francis, 307, 309, 
310, 312. 313, 317, 
322, 323 326 
Sir Francis, 313, 314, 

316. 324, 326 
(ieorge, 323, 325, 326 
Sir George, 307 
Gerard de, 305, 308, 

309 
Gilbert H., 320 
Sir Godfrey,307, 313, 
314, 315, 316, .n7, 
322 



I Rodes, Hammond, 317 



324, 



508 



Hatileld de, 321 
Henry, 323, 326 
John. 307, 326 
John de, 308 
Sir Tohn, 303, 309, 

310. 313, 317, 318, 

319, 320, 321 
John. 322 
"Sir John, 323, 

328 
Joyce, 307 
Judeth, 313 
Kathenn, 307, 
Katharine, 313 
Mallory, 323 
Margaret, 307, 313 
Lady Martha, 310, 

316, 318, 324, 328, 
331 

Mrs. Mary, 314 
Mary, 307. 308, 313 
Peter, 307, 308, 313, 

317, 323, 326 
Sir Peter, 314, 322 
Ralph de, 305, 306, 

308 
Robert, 307, 308, 313. 
314, 317^ 322, 326 
Sin'on, 307 
Simon de, 308 
Sorliy de. 321 
Thomas 307, 308 
Trothe. 307, 313 
William, 307, 30?, 
310, 317. 321, 322 
Sir Wiliam do, 306 
Rogers, Elijah, 9C 

Elizabeth. 2, 4, 10, 

82 
Fnos, 235 
Evan, 235 
Tohn, 234. 304 
"Levi, 23 5 
Margaret, 235 
Mordica, 235 
Samuel, 32 
Sarah. 235 
Rodgers, Susanna, 233 
Rogers. Susanna, 235, 304 



Rust, Fanny B., 119 

George, 119 
I Col. George T., 118 

I Georgie, 119 

Jeremiah, 119 
John Yellott, 119 
Llewellen, 119 
Maria, 119 
Rebecca, 119 
Sarah, 119 
Rutland, Earl of, 313 
Rutledge, Robert, 127 
Ruth, Rosrnna. 106 
Ryley, Richard. 325 

Robert, 37 
Sadler, 1 Betsy. 8, 189 
Sadtler, 5 Betsy, 232 
Salmon. Esquire, 183 
Samuels, Jesse S., 284 
Mary, 284 
Stella, 284 
William J., 28, 313, 
322 
Sandford, Brian, 307, 313. 322 

Elizabeth, 307 
Sarsson, } Martha, 37 
Sarson, $ Martha. 327 
Sarson, Martha, 327 
Sartain, John, 265 
Saunders, Lillian, 148 
Savill, Dorothy, 307 

George, 307 
Schell, Chrrles, 247 
Florence, 247 
Frank M., 247 
Haniet E., 247 
Mabel E., 247 
Scott, Abraham, 197 
Aquila, 126 
Columbia A. M., 130 
Job, 203 
"John. 109 
John W., 296 
"Rachel, 304 
Sarah L., 109 
Thomas L., 109 
Sir Walter, 316 
Scotten, Annie E., 251 
Scrimshire, John, 326 
Seaford, Richard, 330 



Rose, Aquila, 69. 70, 71, 72, 
73, 74, 75, 76 
Joseph, 74, 75 
"Mary. 69, 70, 75 
Resenfeld, Helen, 265 

Lucy A., 265 
Routson, Minnie, 158 
Rowe, Prof.. 125 
Rupe. George, 104 
Rush, Amos, 234 

Hannah, 235 
Tohn, 234 
Russel," Charles, 268 
Francis, 284 
Harold S., 284 
Tames M.. 284 
"Te^se L. 2S4 
"Louis M.. 284 
Sarah, 52 
Stephen, 180 
St'iphen P., 267, 268 
W;.rren K, 284 
Walter A., 284 



Seaton. Ann, 360 
Seal, Thecdate, 84 
Sentman, Elinor, 77 
Ida, 77 
Joseph, 77 
M. C, 77 
Myrtle, 77 
Seward, William H., 280 
Seymour, Alice, 18, 19 
Jane, 19 

Lord Protector, 19 
Richard, Lord, 19 
Thomas, 19 
Thomas de. 19 

Shallus, F. H., 297 

Katheryn, 297 

Sharloe, Wiliam, 356 

Sharp, ] Isaac, 1 

Sharpe. j Charles, 274 
Elizabeth. 274 
John, 196, 274 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



381 



Sharpe, Levi, 274 
Mary, 274 
Walton, 274 
Shari)less, Edith D., 247 
Shattick, James, 39 
Shaw, Elias, 241 
Shepherd, ( James, 147 
Shephard, I John, 147 

William, 147 
Nathan, 202 
Shcrk, Bessie H., 266, 267 
Dr., 265 

Elizabeth H., 266 
Emma D., 266 
Francis H., 266 
Helen, 266 
Henry H., 266 
J. Henry, 266 
Margaret, 266 
Margaret G., 266 
Michael, 266 
Sherwood, Sophia, 358, 359 
Shiers, John, 68 
Shipman, Ellenor, 321 
Shoemaker, Abraham, 345 
Blanche, 1 1 
Isaac, 68 
Jonathan, 236 
Mary, 6 
Mary G., 189 
Shovel, Sir Cloudsley, 112 
Shrewsbury, Earl of, 313 
Shute, Charles H., 285 
Sibbald, Agnes, 148 

Dr. John, 148 
Sicard, William F., 125 
Sikes, Wirt, 5 
Silkok, John, 37 
Simcocks, Jacob, 334 
Simcock, Joseph, 335 
Simpson, Arthur, 289 
Ella, 289 
Lewis, 289 
Louise, 289 
Minnie, 247 
Walter, 289 
Singer, Frances P., 267 
Singerly, William M., 148 
Sitler, Ann, 239^ 267 
Annie, 267 
Berlot, 268 
Beulah, 266 
Charles R., 267 
Daniel, 183, 202, 204, 

264, 265, 266 
Elizabeth, 265, 266 
Elizabeth H., 267 
Geoige, 265 
Henrietta, 265 
Henry, 6, 11, 184, 185 
Henry D., 268 
Henry Daniel, 187 
Henry G., 265 
Henry H., 265 
Isaac W., 268 
Isabel, 265 
Tames P., 265 
Jefferson D., 267 
Joseph, 239. 265 
Joseph McC, 239, 265 
Julia, 265 
Margaret, 267 
Mary H., 265 



Stiller, Stephen P., 267 

Tamar, 183, 200, 202, 
204, 240, 242, 262, 
268 
William J., 265 
Slade, J. Edward, 272 
Samuel W., 272 
Slack, Mary, 327 
Small, Maggie R., 271 
Smart, John, 207, 208 
Smeeton, Martha, 339 
Samuel, 339 
Smith. Amos, 261 
Anna. 247 
Columbus, 185, 186, 

187 
Ellen, 247 
Ellenor, 235 
Esther L, 247 
Frederick, 155, 299 
Howard, 247 
Jeremiah, 287 
John, 34, 97, 234 
Lucinda, 287 
Lucy P., 299 
Margaret, 104 
Mary, 304 
Millie P., 299 
Pusey. 234 
Thomas, 37. 148 
William J.. 247 
Sollers. Robert, 140, 145, 146 
Southv'orth, Enoch B., 130 
Sparks Margaret, 119 
Spsrold, S., 225 
Spencer. Jacob, 34 5 
Jarret, 345 
Tob. 195 
John, 345 
Afahh-n. 229 
Samuel, 345 
Springctt, Harb., 333 
Sprout, Sarah, 130 
Squibb, George, 250 
Stabler, Edward. 362 
Stanton, Edwin M., 97 
Stapler, Hannah, 202 

Joseph, 202 
Star buck, Christopher, 113 
Deborah, 113 
Edward, 97 
Lucretia, 110 
Mary, 98 
Nathaniel, 97, 98 
Tristram. 113 
Starr, Mary, 162. 192, 216, 

219 
Steer, Mary, 146 
Stegleigh, Dor., 79 
Stearn, Isabel. 138, 155 

Mary, 67, 137, 138, 
140. 155 
Sterling, L ord, 8 
Stevens. Benjamin. Ill 

John, 39 
St.. Felix. lean B. G R..359 
Stiller, Joseph, 275 
Stilwagon, Mary. 77 
St. Maure. Elenor. 19 

Lawrence 19 
Mary, 19 
Nicholas, 19 
Stockbridge, Henry, 278 



Stockdale, Martha. 229 
Mary, 503 
John, 303 
Stockton, Carrie. 125 
Stol, Casj)er, 136 
Stoner, Samuel, 110 
Storer, Katrine, 37 

Toseph, 37 
Story, Thomas, 40, 98, 111, 

318 
Stout, Charles, 109 

Peter, 109 
Strafford, Countess of, 317 
Earl of, 313 
Lady, 315 
Street, J , 91 

Stroud. Edward, 142, 144 
Swain, Elihu, 64 

Elizabeth, 202 
fohn, 64. 97, 98 
Lov.>, 113 
Richard, 97 
Zeno, 198 
Swann, Charlotte, 235 
John B., 235 
Susanna, 235 
Swearinger, Louisa M., 130. 

132 
Sweers, Ccrnelius, 358 

Sarah, 358, 359 
Talbott, Benjamin, 286 

Mary, 286 
Tammany. Chief, 160 
Tankard, Ninian, 18 
Tantum, ffrank, 37 

Mary, 37 
Taylor, Elizabeth, 357 
Toseph, 302 
Phillip, 37 
Philip. 327, 329 
Zachary, 263 
Temes, Margery, 20 

Robert, 20 
Templeton, Martha, 321 
Terrel. Sarah, 52 
Theaker, John, 296 
Thomas. Alice J., 142, 145 
Charles, 143 
Edward, 53 
James, 234 
Tane, 80 

Jonathan, 142, 145 
r^ewis, 49, 54 
Margaret, 340 
Mary, 80 
Rachel, 202 
Rees, 44, 356 
Samuel, 147 
Susan, 142, 145, 148 
William, 341 
John ap, 51 
Thompson, Charles, 297 

Charles H., 297 
Mahlon, 297 
Mattie, 297 
Whitaker, 297 
William, 318 
Frances, 234 
Thornburgh, Eleanor, 100, 
105 
Henry, lOS 



382 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



Thornburgh, Tohn, 103, 105, 
107 
Larkin, lOS 
Lev/is, 105 
Lydia, 105 
Maiy E., 107 
Rachel, 105, 

107 
Richard, 106 
Sophia, 105 
William M., 
106 
Thornton, A. G., 291 

Martha 323 
Robert, 34 
William. 323 
Thorp, Elizabeth, 107 
Jane, 107 
Nathan, 107 
Tichenal, Mary J., 131 
Tighe, Mary. 322 
Till, Ann, 44 
Toft, Alonzo R., 271 

Augusta R., 271 
Lathcrn L., 271 
Miry P., 271 
Rirhard. 271 
Tomline, Sir George P., 358 
George P., 359 
William E., 359 
Tompkins, Ann L., 171 
Torr, Joseph Hooley, 186 
Toup, Heniy, 137 
Townsend, Joseph, 197. 218 
Trail, Mary V., 118, 119 
Trotter, William, 56 
Trimble, Samuel, 1 68 
S.. 361 
William, 235 
Tucker, Robert, 345 
Tudor, William, 232 
Turner, Belle, 267 
Jolin. 339 
Robert. 39 
Twain, Mark, 190 
Tyson, Charles J., 257, 258 
Chester, 257 
Donald C. 257 
Edwin C, 257 
Elisha, 195, 235 
Elizabeth C, 257 
Esther. 233 
E. Corinne, 257 
E. Comly, 257 
Frederick C, Z^^? 
Jacob. 229 
Margaret T., 257 
Maria E., '258 
Mary, 202 
Mary A., ;:57 
Robert W., 257 
William C, 257 
Susan G., 257 
M. Muriel, 257 
Underbill, John, 64 
Underwood, Elihu, 85 

Enoch, 202, 238, 

241 
Isaac 202 
Isaac G., 241 
Tames, 241 
J. G., 238 



Underwood, Mary. 200, 204 
235. 238, 241 
William, 86, 235 
Unthank, Jonathan, 110 
Upham, Nicholas de. 18 
Vale, Esther, 250 
Peter. 250 
Vance, Elizabeth, 299 
John C, 299 
Marv E., 299 
Van. Winkle, Charles, 260 

Charles O.,260 
Jessie A., 260 
\"asey, Ella, 77 
Verrill, Mrs. Clarence, 31 
N'estal, David, 109 
Vroman, A. Clark, 257 
Walker, Anna C, 281 
Asahel, 259 
Edward, 175 
Elizabeth, 259, 260 
Joel, 250 

Mary, 51, 66, 259 
Mary M., 250 
Rebecca A., 287 
Samuel. 297 
Wain, Robert, 136 
Walters, Deborah, 229 
Walton, Chester, 255 
Edna D., 255 
Elizabeth, 171 
Elizabeth H., 255 
Florence E., 255 
Mary, 220 
Maurice, 255 
Widow, 1 74 
William, 172 
Ward, Priscilla, 109 

Sarah, 109 
Warfield, And., 204 

Anderson, 205 
Warne:, Jane, 242 
John, 345 
Margaret, 345 
Silas, 233 
Susan, 247 
William, 235, 242, 
245, 345 
Warton, Charles. 21 
Elizabeth, 21 
John, 21 
Laurence, 21 
Mary, 21 
Michael, 18 
Michael, 21 
Sir Miles, 21 
Wharton, Sir Miles, 21 
Warton, Sir Ralf. 21 

Susan, 21 
Wase, Elizabeth, 307 
Washington, George, 45, 48, 

181, 182 
Waters, Amas, 215 
Waterhouse, Ann, 202 
Waterman. Mary, 148 
Watkins, Angelina, 275 

Catherine, 9, .?15, 
227, 228 
, David, 275 

Edward, 310, 319, 
321, 325, 326, 
327, 328, 330, 
333 



Watkins. James, 274, 275 
Mary, 275 
Mary C. 275 
Mary L.. 274 
Mrs., 187 
Laura A., 275 
Samuel, 275 
Sarah, 275 
Sarah C, 274 
Thomas W.. 275 
Wheeler, 274 
William, 274 
Watson, Mary, 359 

Rachel, 168 
Way, Amos, 109 
Webb, Evelyn, 120 
Tames, 220 
Jesse, 220 
Tohn, 220 
Toseph, 2?0 
Marv, 220 282 
Mercy, 220 
Richard, 192, 220 
Webster, Frances 176 

Martha lane, 108 
Rebecca, 202 
Sarah, 202 
Weeks, Daniel, 234 

Stephen B., 12 
Wehner. George. 273 

Mary A., 273 
Weldin. Ida. 252 
Wells, James, 250 

Mary Ann, 250 
Welsh, William, 91 
Wentworth. Sir George, 18 

Lady Margaret. 

316 
Sir Thomas, 315 
West, Elizabeth, 2(.l 
Nancy, 295 
William. 137 
Wl-eel-r, Colonel, 184 187 
Frederick, 187 
Gen.. 185 
Mary, 17S, 3 79 
William. 184 
Whitacre, Harriet B., 247 
Whitaker, A. B., 295 

Angelina, 297 
Annie S.. 298 
Aquilla 295 
Clarissa. 295, 296 
Elizabeth, 297 
Frances, 296 
Isaac, 274, 296 
Tames, 297 
Tohn S., 2i')0. 201 
Toshua, 295, 296 
Mary F,, 297 
Mary L.. 297 
Matilda, 295, 297 
Mattie, 297 
O. M., 295 
Rachel 274 
Ruth. 261, 295 
Samuel. 297 
Susan. 295 
Whitcraft, Mary. 339 
Whjteford, Jane, 296 

Robert, 223 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



383 



Wkitson, Mary, 256 

Michael, 256 
Viola, 253 
William, 256 
Whittbee, Thomas, 327, 330, 

330, 333 
Whittier, John, 112 

John G., 97, 112, 

151 
Joseph, 112 
Wickersham, Edward, 250 

Jesse, 248 
Widowhunter, Katherrine, 37 
Wiermaii, Joel, 250 

Lola E., 256 
Nicholas, 84 
Wilder, Daniel W., 279 
Wilcox, Barnabas, 341, 342 

Hannah, 340, 341, 

342 
Joseph, 44, 342 
Rachel. 44 
Wilkinson, Col. N., 132 
Willets, Jacob, 250 
William the Conqueror, 16, 

19, 309 
William, (Abraham, 51, 52, 
Williams, J 155 

.\chilles, 52 
Alfred, 110 
Amos, 360, 361 
Ann, 51, 52, 147, 
234, 304, 360, 
361 
Anna, 52 
Asa, 52 
Benjamin, 52 
Boyd, 110 
Caleb, 52, 104, 110 
Caleb S., 260 
Catherine, 5 1 
Caty, 52 
Charles, 58, 60 
Charity, 52 
Clarkson, 110 
Daniel, 109 
Toseoh, 44, 50, SI, 
52", 53, 58, £6, 
80, 147, 155, 
159, 160, 162 
Dorcas. 52 
Edward, 51 
Elam, 110 
Eleanor 52, 304, 

360 
Elizabeth, 51, 52, 

66, 360 
Elizabeth C, 260 
Ennion, 53, 304 
Enoch, 109, 229, 

233, 304 
Esther, 50, 52, 159 
Geo.ge, 52 
Hannah, 52, 59, 

360 
Hezekiah, 104, 109 
'lumphrey, 52 
Isaac, 44, 47, 50, 
51, 58, 59, 66, 
U7, 159, 160. 
304 
lacob, 51 
James, 360, 361 
lane, 52 

lenis, 49, 66. 159 
Jessie, =2, 58, 110 
Jesse Turner, 52 
John, 52, 53. 109, 

110, 360, 361 
John G., 60 



William, (John Mills, 110 
Williams, ) Jonathan. 52 

Uavid, 43, 44, 45, 
46, 47, 49, 50, 
51, 52, 54, 56. 
57, 66, 129, 160, 
356 
Joshua M., 110 
Josiah, 110 
Major L. P., 12, 

101 
Levin ah, 52 
Louisa C, 289 
Lumley, 49, 59 
Margaiet, 109 
Matthias, 52 
Mary, 50, 51, 52, 
57, 109, 155, 360 
Merchant B., 283 
Micajah Terrel,52 
Millikin, 110 
Molly, 361 
Nathan. 52, 110 
Owen, 109, 360 
Peter, 234, 301 
Phebe, 50, 149, 

159, 360 
Prudence, 52, 109 
Polly Ann, 110 
Rachel, 52, 107, 

110 
Rebecca. 52, 110 
Rees, 47, 50, 51, 
59, 76, 159, 160, 
341 
Rees, Jr., 51 
Rhoda, 107, 110 
Kichara, 52, 95. 
100, 107, 109, 
110 
Robert, 51, 361 
Ruth, 52 
Ruth E., 260 
Sally. .10 
Sarah, 51, 52, 77, 

155, 162, 
Silas, 52, 260 
Susanna, 53, 100 
Thomas, 136 
William, 52, 95, 
109, 110, 233, 
234, 282, 304, 
362 
William A., 260 
Willis, Jesse, 64 
John, 168 
Henry, 44 
Rachel, 105 
Willson, Anne, o7 

Rebekah, 78 
Wilson, Alex., 152 

Ann, 204, 239, 241 
Ann H., 268 
David, 58, 147, 304 
Hei rv, 302 
Isaac; 203, 204. 238, 

239, 241 
Jane, 197 
■fohn, 77, \i7, 232 
Margaret, 275 
William, 302 
Winebrener. Charles. 125 
Wise, Mary, 247 
Witters, Clifford C, 273 

Margaret, 273 
Wogan, Abraham, 190 
Anne, 190 
Sir John, '90 
Lewis, 190 
Morris, 190 



Wollen, Providence, 234 
Wood, Anna Hamilton, 120 
Charles, 89 
Elizabeth, 224 
John i9, 165 
Mary, 114, 232 
Thomas, 165 
William, 304, 307, 331, 
356 
Woodworth, Sus., 44 
Wooly, William, 37, 330, 339 
Woolley, William, 327 
Woolman, John, 164 
Worilaw, Sus., 44 

Thomas, 44 
Worth, Jonathan, 112 
Judith, 97 
Mary, 112 
Worthington, Frank H., 119 
J. Kent, 251 
Susanna, 251 
William, 5 
William C.,251 
Wright, Abel T., 256 
Absolom, 104 
Alice G., 256 
Carroll, 256 
Charles, 258 
Eliza R., 258 
Emma, 291 
Ethel, 256 
Estella, 256 
Hannah G., 258 
Hiram, 256 
James, 106 
Jonathan, 250 
M. Alice, 256 
Rachel, 256 
Richard, 256 
Russell N., 256 
Sarah, 106 
William, 106, 256 
Wycam, Robert, 34 
Yarnell, Peter, 94 
Yealer, John, 146 
Yellott, Charles M., 119 
Dulaney, 119 
Edward T., 119 
Eleanor T., 119 
Emily, 119 
Fanny T., I 19 
George, 119 
George W., 119 
Henry, 119 
Howard, 119 
James, 8 
Jane H., 119 
John, 117, 118, 119 
Major John I., 118 
John I., 117, 119 
Rev. John I., 119 
Lydia T., 119 
Margaret, 119 
Margaret E., 119 
Mary T., 119 
Osborne I., 119 
Rebecca C, 118, 119 
Richard E., 119 
Sarah Jane, 119 
Yerkas, Elias, 174 
Yerkes, Jones, 148 
Nina, 119 
Young, Florence M.. 273 
Frances, 20 
W., 176 
William, 210 
Yovst, Daniel, 144 
Zartnian, Charles, 130 

Levi, 130 
ZoHcbe, Alan, f-ord, 19 



INDEX OF PLACES 



Abingdon, Harford Co., Md., 282, 295 

Abington, Pa., 49, 148, 191, 227 

Ada, Ohio, 131 

Adel, Iowa, 108 

Alexandria, Va., 273, 362 

Alleghenies, 62 

Amesbury, Mass., 98, 111, 112 

Andrew's Bridge, Pa., 241, 248 

Annapolis, Md., 12, 119, 122, 124, 264, 

Antrim, Ireland. 155 

Appley, Co. Salop, Eng., 307, 322 

Aquitaine, France, 310 

Arlington, Xa.., 268 

Ashton, Md., 119 

Atglen, Pa., 361 

Atlanta, Ga., 252 

Aux Cayes, San Domingo, 359 

Avondale, Pa.. 247 

Baldwin, Md., 166 



158, 
184, 
220, 



267 



170, 183, 
185, 214, 
232, 295 



Baltimore, Md., 6, 7, 8, 


9, 10, 


12, 2,2 


, 53, 


90, 114, U; 


, 117, 


118, 


119, 


120, 


122, 


125, 


158. 


162, 


170, 


171, 


176, 


177. 


179, 


183, 


185, 


191, 


192, 


194, 


196, 


198, 


200. 


202, 


203, 


204, 




205. 


207, 


209, 


210, 


212, 


213, 


215, 


217, 


218, 


219, 


223, 


230, 


233, 


235, 


236, 


237, 


239, 


241, 


242, 


243, 


244, 


245, 


247, 


248, 


252, 


254, 


258, 


264, 


265, 


271, 


272, 


273, 


276, 


277, 


281, 


282, 


285. 


287, 


288, 


289, 


290, 


291, 


292, 


293, 


295, 


298. 


304, 


331, 


343. 


358 








Co., Md., 119, 


176. 2 


37 




Yearly Mtg.,258 






Barbadoes, W. I., 318 








Barlborough, Co. Derby, 


Eng., 310 




Eng., 311, 313, 321 


, 322, 


323, 


32 


6, 329 






Hall, Eng. 


312, 


314, 


317, 




318 


320, 


325 




328 






Barneston, Notts., Eng., 


305 






Barren Hill, Pa., 59 








Barton, Notts., Eng., 305 








Bart, Lancaster Co.. Pa.. 


362 






Bayview, Md., 291 








Bedford, Pa., 63 








City, Va., 292 








Co., Pa.. 2i2 








Square, Londoi 


. 186 






Beesontown, Pa., 62, 131 








Belair, Harford Co., Md 


, 2, 5, 


7. 11 


, 67. 



2 


5, 7. 11, 67. 


827 


88, 89, 90, 


117, 


120, 121, 


126, 


136, 141, 


155, 


156, 157, 



Belmont Co., Ohio, 203. 237, 241 

Belvoir Castle, Eng., 35, 313 

Bendersville, Adams Co., Pa., 255 

Berea. Ohio, 300 

Berkeley Co., W. Va., 127 

Bingham, Notts., Eng., 34, 321 

Bordentown, N. Jersey, 331 

Boulston, Wales," 190 

Breach, Derby, Eng., 36 

Mo. Mtg., Eng.. 327 

Breath-house, Eng., 330 

Breton's Hill, Md., 276 

Broad Axe Tavern, Pa., 147 

Brooklyn, N. Y., S9, 120, 180, 265, 359, 360 

Bryn Mawr College, Pa., 348 

Buckingham Mo. Mtg., Pa.. 197 

Bucks Co., 12, 170. 341 

Buffalo, N. Y., 125 

Bull Run. 252 

Bunhill Fields, London, Eng., 317 

Burlington, Iowa, 4, 183, 298, 299, 300, 301 
N. J., 343 

Burton on Trent, Eng., 307 

Bush, Md., 2, 182 

Butterley Park, Eng., 310 

Byberry. Pa., 191 

Cain, Pa., 82, 141 

Cambridge, Eng., 181, 358 

Camden, N. J., 264 
S. C, 8 

Camp Dennison, Ohio, 2^6 

Cane Creek, N. C, 52, 109 

Canterbury, Eng., 13, 32 

Cape Hatteras, 182 

Cardigan Priory, Wales, 190 

Carmarthen, Wales, 190 

Carver's Creek, N. C, .= 2 

Cecil Co., Md., 12, 170 

Centervdle, Ind., 104 

Charleston, S. C, 276, 277, 280 

Charlottesville, Va., 273 

Charlton. Wiltshire, Eng., 314 

Chatham Co., N. C, 95 

Chattanooga, Tenn., 4, 299, 300 

Chester, Pa., 333 

Co., Pa., 12, 79, 83, 170, 220, 360 

Chesterfield, Eng., 36, 37, 310, 314, 324, 329, 
339 
Mo. Mtg., England, 328 
Mo. Mtg., N. Jersey, 331 

Chicago, 111., 120. 125, 148, 247 

Chico, Cal., 247 

Cincinnati, Ohio, 104, 109, 246. 247, 271, 
277, 299 

Clarksburg, Va., 126, 128, 132 

Clear Lake, Ind., 101 
Spring, Md., 262 

Cliffs, Md., 222, 233 

Clifton and Wilford, Notts., Eng., 305. 306 

Coalton, W. Va., 131 



(384) 



INDEX OF PLACES 



385 



Coatesville, Pa., 361 

Cockeysville, Md., 119 

Codnor, Co. Derby, Eiig., 310, 339 

Colorado, 125 

Concord, N. H., 7 

Pd., 168 
Conewago, 86 
Connaught, Ireland, i2 
Connecticut, 344 
Conshohocken, Pa., 45, 51 
Coi)enhagen, Denmark, 181 
Coryell's Ferry, Pa., 152 
Cotgrave, Eng., 326 
Crecy, France, 309 
Cromford, L^erby, Eng., 327 
Crum Creek, Pa., 34b 
t uraberland, Md., 132 
Cutthorpe, Ens., 318 

Oarby, Pa., 38, 39, 43, 80, 84, 162, 333, 
334, 335, 336, 337, 339, 346 
Darfield, Eng., 314 
I>„rlington, Md., 251 
Davton, Ohio, 247 

Deer Creek, Md., 126, 192, 196, 214, 220, 
231, 233, 248, 249 
Mtg., Md., 269, 282, 283, 284 
Delaware Co., Pa., 242 
Derby, Eng., 309, 319. 324 
Derbyshire, Eng.. 15, 308, 310. 346 
Des Moines, Iowa, 108 
Devonshire House, London, 1 
Diilsburg, Pa., 87 
Dolgelley, Wales, 56 
Doncaster, Eng., 317 
Dorking, England, 114 
Downes Township, N. Jersey, 331 
Doylestown, Pa., 77 
Dublin, Ireland, 266 
Durham, England, 31, 358 
East Linn, Iowa, 102 

Orange. N. Jersey, 125 
Nottingham, Pa., 181 
Pepperill, Mass., 133 
Eastwood, Notts., Eng., 34, 36, 38, 40, 66 

68, 69, 79, 327, 328 
Econoiry, Ind., 97, 99, 100. 104, 105, !06 

107, 108 
Edgemont, Md., 119 
Edeal, Co. Strafford, Eng., 322 
Elkdale, Pa.. 360 
Ellswoith, Ohio, 299 
Elton, Notts., Eng., 34 
Escondido, Cal., 271 
Exeter, Berks, 69 
Elmira, Iowa, 9 
England, 14, 96, 185, 328, 336 
Fairfax, Va., 52, 131 

Co., Va., 273 
Fair Hill, Phila., 149 
Fairmont, W. Va., 127, 128, 13C, 131, 132, 

134, 364 
Fall Creek Mtg., Indiana, 259 
Fallowfield, Pa., 248 

Fallston, Md., 2, 82, i9, 155, 156, 167, 168, 
170, 178, 191, 194, 203, 
231, 276 
Fawn Crove, Pa., 216, 220, 282 
Findlay, Ohio, 131 
Fledborough, Notts., Eng., 307 
Floia Dale, .^dams Co., Pa., 253, 256 
Florence. Nebraska, 121 
Florida, 186 

Flourtown, Pa., 146, 147 
Forest Hill, Md., 5, 192, 230, 295, 298 
Meeting, Md., 295, 300, 301 



Forks Meeting House, Md., 166, 213 
Fort Cumberland, 62 

Delaware, Pa., 258 
Littleton, 63 
Fotheringay, Eng., Z2i 
Fountain Irn, Baltimore, 261, 262 
Frankford, Pa., 225 
Frederick, Md.,2, ) 18 119. 122, 123, 124, 12;; 

Co., Va., 104 
Fresno, Cal., 130 

Fritchley, Derby, Eng., 34, 324, 326, 329 
Gallatin, Tenn., 265 
Gem, W. Va., 131 
Germans, Buckingham, Eng., 357 
Germantown, Pa., 59, 138, 147, 152, 153, 
155, 191, 346 
.\cadeiry. Pa., 266 
Gettysburg, Pa., 123, 257, 258 
Gipsy, W. Va., 129 
Glenford, Ohio, 130 
Goshen. Pa., 160, 161 
Graeme Park, Pa. 166 
Grantham, Co. Lincoln, Eng., 323 
Grassy Valley, Tenn., 94 
Greasley, Eng., 327 

Gt. Houghton, Eng., 314, 315. 316, 317, 322 
Greencastle, Ind., 117 
Grinnel, Iowa, 263 

Gunpowder, Md., 85, 88, 92, 103, 114, 125, 
128, 194, 195, 197, 198, 
199, 213, 214, 217, 218, 
219, 220, 221, 228, 234, 
299 
Mtg., 261, 269, 302, 303, 304 
Guernsey, Adams Co., Pa., 257 
Gwynedd, Pa., 12, 51, 52, 53, 55, 69, 76, 79 
87, 95, 109, 125, 136, 147. 
149, 152, 153, 154, 155. 
162, 165, 304, 342, 360 
Wales, 103 
Haddonfield, N. J., 320, 333, 346 
Haddon Hall, Eng., 313 
Ilagerstown, Md., 262 
Hamburg, Germany, 181, 358 
Hai.sworth Woodhouse, Eng., 317, 319, 320. 

323 
Harburg, Eng., 323, 324 
Harford, Co., Md., 2, 12, 158, 170, 201, 242, 

260, 268, 290 
Harrisburg, Pa.. 85, 89, 332 
Harrison Co., W. Va., 126, 128 
Harrisville, W. Va., 130 

Ritchie Co., \'a., 129 
Harwich, England, 358 
Hatboio, Pa.. 164, 180 
Havana, Ohio, 300 
Haverford. Pa., 51. 52, 54, 70, 74 
Haverfordv est, Wales, 51, 67, 164, 177, 178. 

184, 190 
Haverhill, Mass.. Ill 
Havre de Grace, Md., 297 
Hawton, Notts., Eng., 321 
Heanor Co., Derby, P:ng., 328, 348 
Hickleton, Eng., 314. 322 
Hobart Town, 185 
Ilolbrook, W. Va., 130 
Holderness, Co. York, Eng., 323 
Ilolomantford, N. C, 70 
Hooton Roberts, Eng., 315, 316 
Hopewell, Va., 93, 94, 103 
Horn Castle, Lincoln, Eng., 309, 316 
Horsham, Pa., 145, 147, 165, 166, 191 



386 



INDEX OF PLACES 



Houglaton and Billingsley, England, 314 

Humboldt, Kansas, 271 

Huntington, Pa., 84 

Illinois, 2/3, 340 

India, 180 

Indiana, 3, 96, 214 550 

Ireland, 273, 175 

Irish Town, Iowa, 102 

Isle of Weight, 61 

Italy, 266 

.[ackers Creek, Pa., 154 

Jack-son, IMichigan, 24(> 

Jamaica, West Indies, 154. 155 

Janet's Mill, Pa., 147 

Jasper Co., Iowa, 105 

Jefttrson Co., W. Va., 127 

Jonpsboio, Tenn., 99 

Jones Town, Md., 205 

Joppa, Md., 7, 222, 223, 295 

Juneau, Alaska, 267 

Junior, W. Va., 131 

Kansas, 278, 301 

City, Mo., 131, 133 
Kennett Square, Pa., 84, 92 242 ''53 

Mo. Mtg., 363, 364 
Kenosha, Wisconsin, 124, 125 
Kentucky, 70 
Keswick, Eng., 359 
Kilverton, Eng., 34 
Kokoma, Ind., 1C7 
Lake Erie, 46 
Lancaster, Pa., 74, 224, 227, 343, 344 

Co,, Pa., 12, 170, 341. 360 
Lane, Kansas, 131 
Langar, Notts., Eng., 305 

and Barneston, Notts., Eng., 306 
LatJgharne Castle, Wales, 5 
Leavenworth, Kansas, 279 
Leesburg, Va., 2, 119, 120, 127, 128, 130 
, . '31 

Lexington St., Baltimore, 276, 278 
Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., 101 
Lichfield, Staffs, Eng., 329 
Luna, Ohio, 129 
Limerick Square, Pa., 82 

Pa., 103, 113, 153 
Township, Pa.. 79, SI. 83 
Limestone, Tenn., 94 
Lincoln, Eng., 309, 359 
Lincolnshire, Eng., 15 
Lincoln Univeisity, Pa., 251 252 
Linden, Iowa, 107 ' 

Linlithgow, Scotland, 316 
Lisbon, Portugal. 181 
Litlleborough, Eng., ,-26 
Little Chester. Derby, England, 328 
Little Falls, Md.. 192, 195, 196, 213 214 
215, 216, 219,' 222! 
223, 227, 228, 234, 
302, 304 

r • , TT „ *^^*^-' ^^■' -'^O- 300. 301 

Little Hallam, Derby, Eng., 330 

London, Eng.. 31. 32, 96, ISi, I86, 307 346 

357 
London Grove, Pa., 249 
Long Eaton, Derbyshire, 328 
Long Island, 52, 168 
Longwood Mtg., Pa., 364 
Lost Creek, Tenn. ,64, 82, 93, 94, 97 98 99 

100, 103, 104, '105! 

106, 107, 108, 109. 

126 
\'a., 126 



Loudoun Co., Va., 95, lis 

l^ouisi;i:ia. 297 

Lowel), Ohio, 9 

Lynn, Mass., il4 

Madisonville, Miss., 263 

Magnolia Station, Md. 301 

Maltby, En.gland, 14, 15 

Mansfield, Ohio, 9 

„ , , T.^tg„ Eng. 318 

Mapleton, Kansas 107, 108 

Margam, Wales. 190 

Market Sireet Ferry, Pa., 69 

Marlborough, Pa., 360, 362 

Marple, Delaware Co., Pa ^34 %-\^ T.Af 

Marseilles, France, 278 280 

Marshalltown, Iowa, 107, 108 

Mai-tha's Vineyard, 98. 'll2 

Martinsburg, W. Va„ 131, 133, 134 

Maryland, 3, 11, 221 

\T I 1, J/"'yr^"'*^' Baltimore, 276 
I Maulsby, W. Va., 131 

\f II. §*?tion, W. Va., 128 
Maulsby's Bridge, W Va 128 

Ai 1 ,. ^°''d' W. Va., 'l28 

Meadowbrook, W. Va 131 

Menallen, Adams Co.,''Pa., 198, 199 254 255 

AT T, 258 

^^T J ,^^8^- Pa., 268 

Mendota. Ill,, 272 
Mercia, England, 14 
Menon, Pa., 45, 159, 3';6 
iMetropolitan Hospital. N. Y. 119 
Miami, Ohio, 85 
Milford Haven, Wales 188 
Mill Green, Md., 220 '' 
Mississippi, 239, 265 
'Vlissouri, 2 
-Monocacy, Md., 52 
Monocacy, Battle of, 271 
Montgomery, Pa , 12 
Mont. Co., Pa., 170 
Hontjoye, 48 

Moore's Hill, Md., 155, 156 
Moreland, Pa., 167, 175, 221 

Manor, Pa., 161, 162, 163. 171 173 

Moiestown. N. J., 148 "'• ''^-- -''-^-''^' 

Morris, Ohio, 298 

-Mountain Lake Park, Md., 131, 134. 364 

Mt. Clare, W. Va . 131 

Mount Joy, 47, 

Mt. Palatine, III., 284 

Pleasant, Ohio, 64. 99 36'-' 

Mount Vernon, 182 

.Muston, England, 15 

Nantmeal, Pa., 82 

Nantucket, 96. 97, 98, 99. 100. Ill, 112 114 

Nashville, Tenn., 101, 126, 128 \o-j 

iNetlierthorp. Eng., 314 ' " 

Newberry, Pa., 82,83, 87, 88, 89. 103, 113. 

Newberrytown, Pa., 67. 85 86 
Newberry Township. 84 
Newbury. Mass., Ill 
Newcastle. Del., 114, 34 » 

Wyoming, 254 
isew T">ecatur, Ala., 285 
England, 52 
Garden, Indiana, 95. 108 

N. C, 52, 93. 95, 96, 97, 103 
113 ' 

Pa., 191, 202. 203, 214 
Mtg., Pa., 259 



INDEX OF PLACES 



387 



New I[aven, Conn., 31, 294 
Hope, Teiin.. 94 
Jersey, 257, 304 
Madrid, Mo., 127, 128 
Market, Tenn., 106 
Orleans, La., 26.i, 28/ 
York, 8, 101, 168, 181, 344 

City, 124, 12S. 256, 266, 267 
Nolichuckv, Tenn., 93. 94 
Norfolk, Va., 254 
Normandy, France, 309 
Norich. Ohio, 299 
Norristown, Pa., 57, 137, 142, 146, 147, 

251, 34S 
Norriton, T'a., SO 
North Carolina, 11, 52, 61, 69, 258 

Point, Md., 269 
Northumbria, England, 14 
North Wales, Pa., 54, 146 
Norwich, Eng., 31, 32, 357, 359 
Nottinsham, Eng., 9, 35, 38, 225, 226, 309, 

310 
Nottinghamshire, England, i. 15, 222, 224 
Oakland Mills, Md., 220 
Ohio. 96, 244, 250 

River, 2 
Oketa. Kansas, 255 
Old St. Joseph's, Philadelphia, 267 
Noifolk, Mass., Ill 
Swede's Church, Phila., 152, 153, U.2 
Olev. Berks Co., Pa., 69 
Omaha, Neb.. 121 
Orange Co., N. C, 95 
Oregon, 3 
Onelton, 190 
Orrston, Notts., Eng., i. 31. 33, 34, 35, 36 

37, 66, 357 
Oxford, Chester Co., Pa., 251, 363 
Paris, France, 181, 187 
Park Ave., Baltimore, 12 
Parkesburg, Pa., 361 
Parr's Ridge, Md., 8 
Pasadena, California, 256, 257 
Peach Bottom. Pa., 179, 232 
Pembrokeshire, Wales, 51, 83 
Penningtonville, Pa., 361 
Penn's Grove, Pa., 250 

Mtg., Pa., 360 
Manor cf Springfield, Pa., 341 
Pennsylvania, 3, 8, 10, 11, 61, 333 

University, Phila., 15C 
Pentrich, Co. Derby, Eng., 323. 325, 348, 

333 
Perry, Iowa, 105 

102 
Perth Amboy, N. J., 120 
Peterborough, England, 13 
Philadelphia, Pa., 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 31, 36, 38. 
39, 4C. 41, 12, 43, 45, 
46, 47, 48, 54, 56, 61, 
68, 69, 73, 75, 76, 
118, 120, 136, 137, 
145, 146, 153, 154 
1S5, 159, 160, 161, 
162, 164. 166, :67, 
168, 171, 173, 180, 
182, 183, 188, 189, 
192, 222, 223, 224, 
227, 237, 251, 252, 
253. 254, 265, 266. 
268, 290, 322, 329, 
331, 332, 334, 336, 
337, 340, 341. 342, 
343, 344, 345 



Philadelphia Co., Pa., 356 

558, 359, 360, 361 
(Ferry), 71 
Yearly Mtg., 362 
PikesviUe. Md., 123 
Pipe Creek, Md., 216, 217, 218, 219 
I'ittsburg, Pa., 2, 62, 126, 128 
Pisley, Derbyshire, Eng., 324 
Pleasant \^alley. Juniata Co., Pa., 253 
Plymouth Meeting, Pa., 1, 3, 4, 12, 34, 
47. 49, 52, 54, 
55, 56, 57, 58, 
5y, 60, 64, C7, 
68, 79, 80, 140. 
141, 145, 146, 
147, 148, 149, 
150, 151, 15:*, 
154, 155, 159, 
170, 340, 344, 
345, 360 
Township, Pa., 43, 80, 341 
Pa., 44 
England, 54 
I'oietiers, France, 309 
Pomona, Bait. Co., Md., 291 
Point-no-Point, Pa., 225, 226 
Portland, Oregon, 255 
Potquesswich, Cr.. Pa., 356 
Prime Hook, Sussex, Del., 331 
Providence, R. 1., 272 
Prussia, 181 

Radnor, Pa., 50, 51, 69, 70, 80, 159 
Raleigh Co., W. Va., 127 
Redfields. Iowa, 102, 106, 108, 109 
Redstone Old Fort, 62 
Redstone, 63 
Richmond Mil', N. Y., 115 

Ind., 2, 10, 104, 109, 285, 285, 299 
\a 7, 9, 222, 252, 253, 285, 
301, 362 
Ridings, Eng., 331 

Riplcv, Co. Derby, England, 36, 37, 66, 319, 

■ i22, 324, 328, 

329, 330, 331, 

332, 339, 348 

Rising Sun .Tavern, 4 

Inn, Pa., 152, 153, 154 
Rock Spring Church, Md.. -5, 117 
Roosevelt Hospital, N. Y.. 251 
Rotherham, York, England, 307, 308 
Roxborough, Pa.. 138 
Roxburv, Pa., 147 
Royston's. Md., 222 
Russellville, Chester Co., Pa., 245, 2.i6 

Chester Co., Pa., 256 
Sadsburv, Pa., 84 

Mtg., Pa., 360, 362 
Saint Augustine. Florida, 276, 277, 280 
Bride's, Wales, 190 
C.Lorge's Parish, Md., 269 
John's College, Cambridge, Eng., 314 

Parish, Md.. 141 
Loui.-:, 119 
Maries. Md., 206 

Peter's Church, Nottingham, Eng., 31/ 
Petersburg. Russia, 181 
Sakm. Ohio. 298, 299 
Sali.sbury, Mass.. 96, 97, 98, 111 
San Angelo, Texas. 119 
Sand Mountain, Ala., 6 
Sandy Spring, Md., 362 
Santa Maria, California, 103 
Sawley, Derbyshire, Eng., 328, 333 



388 



INDEX OF PLACES 



Scairington, Notts., Ene., 3.!1 
Schenectady, N. Y., 121 
Schuylkill Ferry, 70, 71 

River, 46, 74, 75, 343, 356 
Scotland, 14 

Sehr.a, Ohio, 246, 247, 285 
Selston, Eng., 321 
Shamokin, Pa., 226 
Sheffield, Eng., 310 
Shelton, Notts., Eng., 357 
Shipper.sburg, Pa., 62, 63 
Shipston, Co. Worcester, 224 
Shire of Perth, Scotland, 310 
Silver Plume, Col., 130 
Somerset House, London, 36 
Somerville, Mass., 272 
Soulsbyville, California. 31 
South Carolina, 361 

Wingfield, Eng., 325 
Springfield, Olio, 247 

Ind., 100 
Spring Mill, Pa., 44, 45, 47, 48, 56, 66, 76, 
79, 136, 159, 160 
Ferry, 46 

House Tavern, Pa., 152 
Staunton, V"a., 5, 252, 253 
Stavclev. Ene., 314, 323 

Woodthorpe, Eng., 307, 309, 310, 
313, 322 
Stubenville, Ohio, 362 
Sturton, Eng., 322, 323, 326, 329 
Sunny Side. Washington, 271 
Surry, Eng., 51 
Sussex, Delaware, 332 
Susquehanna River, 85, 343 
Swarthniore College, Pa., 362 
Tennessee, 239, 263 
Texas, 119, 344 
Thoroton, Notts., Eng., 34 
Thorpe, Co. York, Eng., 308 

Salvin, Eng., 313. 322 
Tilaniook, Ore., 117 
Topeka, Kansas, 279 
Toughkenamon, Pa., 247 
Towson, Md., 4, 7, 8, 119 
Tredyffrin, Pa., 82 
Trenton, N. J., 119 
Truro, Eng., 359 
Tucson, Arizona. 31 
Tufts College, Mass., 272 
Tupton, Eng., 319 

Derbyshiie, Eng.. 324 
Ulster, Ireland, 32 
Uniontown, Pa., 131 
Upper Oxford. Pa., 248 
Urie. Scotland. 319 
Uwchlan, Pa., 82, 83 
\'alley Forge, Pa.. 45 
Valparaiso, Ind., 107 
\'assar College, N. Y., 150 
\'irginia, 11, 272 



Wales, Gt. Britain, 9, 180, 202 

Yorkshire, Eng., 307 
Wallingford, Conn., 294 

Waf-hington. D. C, 2, 3, 12, 101, 125, 177, 
177, 179, 182, 187, 
254. 265, 272, 276, 
278, 280, 344 
Warminster. Pa., 148, 171 
Washington. I). C, 2, 3, 12. 101, 115, 
125, 131, 213, 214 218, 
235, 237, 242, 244, 245, 
248, 250, 254, 259, 260 
Waverly. Bait., 297 
Wentworth. Eng.. 316 
Wesco Pond, Nantucket, 98 
West Chester, Pa., 246 
Bradford, Pa., 248 
Denmore. Md., 130 
Grove, Pa., 253 
Indies, 52 

Liberty, Iowa, 10, 283, 285 
Westminster, Md.. 2, 5, 7, 124 
Westmoreland Co., Eng., 308 
Va., 295 
West Sali5bury, Vermont, 186 
Westtown, Pa., 360 

West Union. W. Va., 129, 130, 131. 132 
Wheeling, Va.. 2. 127 
Whitehall, Eng., 323 
Whitlee, Mo. Mtg., 330 
Whitley, Eng.. 326 

Whitemarsh. Pa.. 44, 50, 51, 54, 57, 59, 136, 
137, 138, 142, 146, 147, 
154, 155, 160, 334, 335, 
338, 540, 341. 342, 345. 
346 
White Water, Ind,. 100, 110 

Mtg.. Ind., 283 
Wayne Co., Ind., 2S4 
Whitt Lee Mtg., Derbv, Eng., 339 
Whitpain. Pa., 80. 154, 162, 345 
Wicacoe, Pa., 67, 136 
Willow Grcve, Pa., 152, lo4 
Wilmington. Del.. 348 
Wiltshire. Eng., 96 
Winchester, Va., 93, 94, 103 
Windgreaves, Derby, Eng., 330. 333, 335 

339 347 
Winfield. Eng., 323 
Wiseton, Eng., 326 
Wissahickon, 48 
Woodbridge, Eng., 359 
Woodbury, Mo. Mtg., N J., 362 
Woodthorpe, Eng.. 306 
Worksop, Eng., 306 
Wrightstown, Pa., 155 
Wright's Town. 195 
York Co., Pa., 8, 12, 84, 170 220, 291 

Pa., 85, 87, 113, 133, 245 
Yorkshire. England, 13, 15, 308. 309. 310 



ERRATA 



instead of this country 

untangle 

Friends'. 

Rutland. 

Friends'. 

James. 

In its older part 

Price. 

Walter. 
' yeoman. 
' 1791. 
' 1792. 
' Deer Cr. 
' Fairmont. 

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Page 3 The country mste 

" 4 entangle 
" 33 Friend's marriages 
35 Duke of Ruthland 
37 Friends records 
39 John Claypoole 
57 In it older part 
59 Isaac Pice 
70 Waller Lewis 
80 John, Yeoman 
90 The date, 7, 30, 1797 " 
90 " " 1791^ 
126 Deer Co. 

Z IZrt^^erite S^earingr'^d of Louisa Matilda 

Swearinger. 
130 Charles L. Maulsby, died 1902 ^^tead of 1901 
^09 *< " " " 1896 instead of 1901. 

lit Edward S. Maulsby I instead of Edwin S Maulsby of Jersey 

of Trenton, N. J., j <-ity, ^- J- . 

132 Louisa M. Swearingen instead of Louisa M. Sweannger. 
134 Fairmount instead of Fairmont. 
146 Robert Lollers instead of Robt. SoUers. 



162 John Reese 

198 Monallen 

199 " [ 
202 Isaac Proder 

216 Sarah Starr 

221 Married then 

222 Clifts 

229 Maray McConnell 

254 Stanton 

256 Greist 

271 Francis 

279 Mass. Convention 

310 Francis 

313 Frances 

317 Stafford 

320 Smith Doncaster 

329 Litchfield 



John Rees. 
Menallen. 

Isaac Procter. 
Mary Starr. 
Married there. 
Cliffs. 

Mary McConnell. 
Staunton. 
• Griest. 
Frances. 

Mass Convention. 
Frances. 
Francis. 
Strafford. 

Smith of Doncaster. 
Lichfield. 



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